Though from his bulk, and rolling gait, he does not appear to run with much swiftness; yet, it takes a stanch horse to overtake him, when at full speed on level ground; and a buffalo cow is still
fleeter in her motion.
There was one in particular,
fleeter than his fellows, who was perilously close.
She is
fleeter than a deer, and that mocking voice of hers is all we can know of her.
Let me start from my bed as I would, with the terror fresh upon me that he was discovered; let me sit listening as I would, with dread, for Herbert's returning step at night, lest it should be
fleeter than ordinary, and winged with evil news; for all that, and much more to like purpose, the round of things went on.
It will be of little avail to call upon your people, for my feet are
fleeter than theirs."
Close upon their heels swarmed the hideous mob; but Akut, old though he was and burdened by the weight of the struggling Korak, was still
fleeter than his pursuers.
In that instance it was just as well that I am not, for my very slowness of foot played into my hands; while had I been
fleeter, I might have lost Dian that time forever.
His horses are the finest and strongest that I have ever seen, they are whiter than snow and
fleeter than any wind that blows.
A foot for flight he needs
Fleeter than storm-swift steeds, For on his heels doth follow, Armed with the lightnings of his Sire, Apollo.
So Tom, to retaliate, commenced a war upon the swallows who dwelt under the wheelwright's eaves, whom he harassed with sticks and stones; and being
fleeter of foot than his enemy, escaped all punishment, and kept him in perpetual anger.
"That event put the esports industry on the map in the U.S.," says Dan
Fleeter, vice president of corporate development and strategy at the Madison Square Garden Company, which now hosts esports events in its venues across the country, "but.
Dreams abound: a sharper curve, a quicker bat,
fleeter feet, fewer aches and pains, a little bit more luck, making the team, a higher finish in the standings.