FAST in a Sentence

Learn FAST from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
330 example sentences for FAST, such as:
1. Just fast forward the video.
2. Frome's heart was beating fast.
3. Do not run too fast after gain.
4. If you want to go fast, go alone.
5. The vigorous young plants grew fast.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of FAST
fast
 a.  acting or moving or capable of acting or moving quickly
 a.  unrestrained by convention or morality
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Frome's heart was beating fast.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In I
2  She seemed to melt against him in her terror, and he caught her in his arms, held her fast there, felt her lashes beat his cheek like netted butterflies.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In VII
3  They stood looking at each other as if the eyes of each were straining to absorb and hold fast the other's image.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
4  Her lips, groping for his, swept over his face, and he held her fast in a rapture of surprise.
Ethan Frome By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In IX
5  "Well, I won't be happy to have Scarlett for my sister, because she's a fast piece if ever I saw one," came the aggrieved voice of Hefty Tarleton.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VI
6  And, of course, you always blushed on such occasions, otherwise they would pinch you with more pleasure than was proper and then tell their sons that you were fast.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
7  If you were too nice to young husbands, their wives said you were fast and you got a bad reputation and never caught any beaux of your own.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
8  Slow money on the upbuilding, fast money in the crack-up.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  Years ago, Mrs. Burr had said she was "fast" after catching her kissing her son Willie at one of the Wilkes' house parties.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
10  She pushed her way swiftly through the crowds, past the packed, hysterical mob surging in the open space of Five Points, and hurried as fast as she could down the short block toward the depot.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
11  She picked up her skirts and went to him as fast as she could go across the rows of bodies.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
12  If you run fast you can catch up with those soldiers and they won't let the Yankees get you.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
13  But dig those things and dig them fast.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
14  We'd gotten one train about loaded when the Yankees rode in one end of town and out we went the other end as fast as we could go.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
15  They can t get enough lumber and they can't get it fast enough.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXV
Example Sentence: (120 in 9 pages)
1  I envy your ability to work so fast.
2  When you are going fast enough, you'll be able to gear up.
3  Do not run too fast after gain.
4  If you want to go fast, go alone.
5  This diet is suited to anyone who wants to lose weight fast.
6  I soon realized that being tough was getting me nowhere fast.
7  A degree in computer science offers a fast track to the top.
8  Many Croats and Slovenes saw independence as the fast track to democracy.
9  There are no hard and fast rules, but rather traditional guidelines as to who pays for what.
10  Just fast forward the video.
11  Despite its bulk and weight, the car is extremely fast.
12  On the morning before starting the fast, write down your starting weight.
13  For evil news rides fast, while good news baits later.
14  A clear fast is better than a dirty breakfast.
15  The vigorous young plants grew fast.