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Sped is an English word of 4 letters. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Sped | Spedding

Sped meaning

simple past and past participle of speed

Using Sped

  • The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of speed
  • In the example corpus, sped often appears in combinations such as: sped up, sped off, sped away.

Context around Sped

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.1 words
  • Position in the sentence: 6 start, 8 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

men 1× fahey 1× driver 1× immediately 1× nasdaq 1× show 1× system 1× farooq 1× kanye 1× bike 1×

Often after:

off 6× away 3× past 2× toward 1× down 1×

Sentence patterns with Sped

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a driver sped off when 1× also been sped up 1× also been sped up to 1× and immediately sped off tried 1× and nasdaq sped toward their 1× as he sped down the 1× as he sped through the 1× car which sped away from 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a driver sped 1× a man is 1× a man who 1× a preliminary investigation 1× a sutton driver 1× according to police 1×

Common sentence endings:

after the shooting 1× and follow him 1× been locked up 1× been sped up 1× circled the building 1× from the scene 1×

Words around Sped

Just before it in the word index:

speculum 19 speculoos 3 speculatory 2 speculators 160 speculator 69 speculatively 9

Just after it in the word index:

spedding 7 spee 33 speece 8 speech 7.853 speechcraft 2 speeches 1.071

Similar in corpus frequency:

alonso 412 ancestral 412 bliss 412 brightest 412 clarence 412 cohort 412

Corpus analysis for Sped

  • In this selection, "sped" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.1 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, men, fahey, driver, off, away and past stand out and add context to how "sped" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a driver sped off when and also been sped up. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "sped" sits close to words such as alonso, ancestral and bliss, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with sped

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

Short example sentences

A driver sped off when police requested him to stop. (10 words)

Farooq sped off but was arrested at a Premier Inn shortly after. (12 words)

Chief among those is getting munitions for Israel's air defense system sped along. (14 words)

Longer example sentences

In a shocker, a Mumbai businessman stabbed with a rusty knife in the neck by his brother sped in a streak of blood on his motorcycle to a hospital 1 km away and survived the ordeal after getting timely treatment, police said here. (43 words)

In an e-mail about an incident that took place on Sunday while driving on Oscawana Lake Road, a resident who asked not to be identified stated that an ATV and a dirt bike sped past their vehicle in the opposite direction. (42 words)

Again Huawei's acoustic display tech is used, so there's no need for a traditional speaker, while the wireless charging has also been sped up to 27W (the reverse charging has also been sped up). (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

Again Huawei's acoustic display tech is used, so there's no need for a traditional speaker, while the wireless charging has also been sped up to 27W (the reverse charging has also been sped up).

According to police, the woman ran to a neighbor's home across the street for help, and the two men sped off.

Adam Mitchell Fahey sped past a fully-marked highway patrol car while riding a stolen Suzuki motorcycle on Northcliffe Drive, Berkeley about midnight on February 12, prompting police to do a U-turn and follow him.

A driver sped off when police requested him to stop.

A man is being treated for a serious leg injury after he was hit by a car which sped away from the scene.

A man who broke into a Tuross Head home and sped on the Princes Highway under the influence of drugs and alcohol has been sentenced.

A preliminary investigation showed Arvizu had been confronted by the occupants of a vehicle that sped away after the shooting.

A Sutton driver with 150 previous convictions who seriously injured a motorbiker during a police chase and immediately sped off tried to blame his victim has been locked up.

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But as the S&P 500 and Nasdaq sped toward their all-time highs, the train slowed down.

But then the two-way center collected a pass from inside his blue line, veered toward the right boards as he sped down the ice and slid a pass to Artemi Panarin on the opposite side.

But the show sped through early winners, including awards for Jean Smart ("Hacks"), Jeremy Allen White ("Bear") and Jason Bateman ("Ozark").

CEO and President Donna Givens Davidson recounted the driver’s actions, detailing his reckless behavior as he sped through the parking lot and circled the building.

Chief among those is getting munitions for Israel's air defense system sped along.

Cowardly Merridith-Trafford then sped off and dumped the high-speed Impreza before getting his girlfriend to lie to the police that it had been stolen in a burglary, which he staged.

Farooq sped off but was arrested at a Premier Inn shortly after.

Her gripe with the song - whose lyrics West cleverly changed to 'through the wire' to reflect his wired-shut mouth after a car accident - was that the Kanye sped up the original tune.

He sped away down the right and pulled the ball back to Sam Austin in the box but he clipped it over the bar.

In an e-mail about an incident that took place on Sunday while driving on Oscawana Lake Road, a resident who asked not to be identified stated that an ATV and a dirt bike sped past their vehicle in the opposite direction.

In a shocker, a Mumbai businessman stabbed with a rusty knife in the neck by his brother sped in a streak of blood on his motorcycle to a hospital 1 km away and survived the ordeal after getting timely treatment, police said here.

It would have been more interesting if the suspects sped off from there but the Kia wasn't having it.

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Common combinations with sped

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "sped" in a sentence?
An example: "Again Huawei's acoustic display tech is used, so there's no need for a traditional speaker, while the wireless charging has also been sped up to 27W (the reverse charging has also been sped up)." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "sped" from authentic English texts.
What does "sped" mean?
Sped means: simple past and past participle of speed
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