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Hurtling meaning

present participle and gerund of hurtle

Synonyms of Hurtling

Using Hurtling

  • The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of hurtle
  • Useful related words include: moving.
  • In the example corpus, hurtling often appears in combinations such as: hurtling towards, hurtling into, hurtling toward.

Context around Hurtling

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 25.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 10 middle, 4 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Hurtling

  • In this selection, "hurtling" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, sent, train, krypton, towards, away and off stand out and add context to how "hurtling" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a train hurtling off the and but despite hurtling about on. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "hurtling" sits close to words such as aau, acme and aggravate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with hurtling

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Time hurtling by at a dizzying speed. (7 words)

They are like lemmings hurtling towards the clifftop. (8 words)

A man in a white tank top smoking a cigarette was running through backyards hurtling fences in Kalispell. (18 words)

In the exciting stunt, Ethan Hunt and his assailants fight inside a train hurtling off the tracks and over a cliff, with Hunt dangling to his doom as the last car threatens to topple over the side. (37 words)

Hurtling toward the final days of the legislative session, Senate Republicans have proposed divvying up the money based on a formula where counties would get $174 per resident, partly shared among cities and towns within the counties. (37 words)

Hurtling through the clouds and pulling off some brave manoeuvres isn't enough to lose his tail though, but he's eventually able to find a hiding spot after entering an ice canyon. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

As the season wrapped up, Cheryl () used her new and improved powers to stop a comet Percival had sent hurtling towards Riverdale.

Instead of hurtling away from the EU into the swaggering prosperity promised by the Leave campaign, Britain is instead receding into a dark timeline of recession, strikes, and political instability.

In the exciting stunt, Ethan Hunt and his assailants fight inside a train hurtling off the tracks and over a cliff, with Hunt dangling to his doom as the last car threatens to topple over the side.

Kara, however, grew up on a floating chunk of Krypton hurtling somewhere out in the galaxy, having witnessed people around her die in terrible ways.

The U.S. economy is hurtling towards an era of increasingly unaffordable housing, placing lower-income groups at increasing risk of widening income inequality and financial stress.

They are like lemmings hurtling towards the clifftop.

Time hurtling by at a dizzying speed.

UN officials warn that a ‘second devastating crisis’ is hurtling towards Libya if not enough is done to help those affected by the floods – disease.

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A man in a white tank top smoking a cigarette was running through backyards hurtling fences in Kalispell.

A runaway diesel train smashed through station buffers, sending it hurtling through a wall and across a street before crashing through three houses while their occupants slept upstairs.

Before sending an industrial crane hurtling into the grounds of New York’s toniest park, Eisenman needed practice.

Dozens of residents took to social media and contacted our news desk to share photos of an odd ball of light hurtling east across the night sky after 9 p.m.

The fourth featured three substitutes: Timo Werner latching on to Jack Grealish’s misplaced pass and hurtling past Kyle Walker to give Johnson a tap-in.

Toni Kroos clipped the set-piece across and there was little obviously wrong when a hurtling Schlotterbeck beat Schmeichel to the ball, knee-sliding away in jubilation.

But despite hurtling about on a bike on the other side of the world, he glides through the conversation like a pebble gently skimming over a lake.

Dramatic photos show the moment a huge elephant charged after a car after becoming startled by motor vehicles hurtling down a road in Kenya.

Hurtling through the clouds and pulling off some brave manoeuvres isn't enough to lose his tail though, but he's eventually able to find a hiding spot after entering an ice canyon.

Hurtling toward the final days of the legislative session, Senate Republicans have proposed divvying up the money based on a formula where counties would get $174 per resident, partly shared among cities and towns within the counties.

In a crash, the inflation mechanism in the faulty airbags can shatter and send metal fragments hurtling into the cabin, which has killed people across the world — including Australia.

My concerns were soon replaced by gloriously colored coral and tropical fish seen through a thick curtain of bubbles hurtling upwards to the surface.

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Common combinations with hurtling

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "hurtling" in a sentence?
An example: "As the season wrapped up, Cheryl () used her new and improved powers to stop a comet Percival had sent hurtling towards Riverdale." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "hurtling" from authentic English texts.
What does "hurtling" mean?
Hurtling means: present participle and gerund of hurtle
What are synonyms of "hurtling"?
Common synonyms of "hurtling" include: moving.
How many example sentences with "hurtling" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "hurtling", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.