darted
past simple and past participle ofdart
dart
verb[I+ adv/prep]
uk/dɑːt/us/dɑːrt/tomovequicklyorsuddenly:
I darted behind thesofaandhid.
dart a glance/look atsomeone
tolookquicklyat someone:
She darted anangrylookat me.
Moving quickly
- agility
- beetle
- bowl down/alongsomething
- careen
- career
- gallop
- gun
- leg
- outsail
- pelt
- rush
- scamper
- scoot
- scrabble
- scramble
- scud
- shoot
- stampede
- ton
- trot
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Examplesofdarted
darted
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
A torchbearer ran out from the wings anddartedthrough the gap in the mountain to light an altar in the temple.
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When the cylinder was moved towards the normal eye the fishdartedaway; when moved toward the operated eye, prior to the return of vision, the fish ignored it.
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The 30 ft wide disc, shaped like a spinning top,dartedsilently in a northwesterly direction, leaving the asphalt ablaze for many minutes afterwards.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The pigeon flew away and was heading for home when a hawkdartedout from under the cliffs and seized it.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The long tongue can bedartedforward to capture insects.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He never said a word anddartedback.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He looked unsettled and his eyesdartedabout...
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sometimes he would run swiftly pursuing a fish, and seldom missed when hedartedat him.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.He had almost been bitten by a seven-foot mamba whichdartedat his back from a termite hill.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The eye-beamdartedby the imagined basilisk, for instance, was the agent of its lethal power, given the technical term "extramission".
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The woodpecker's long tongue, in many cases as long as the woodpecker itself, can bedartedforward to capture insects.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The long tongue can bedartedforward to extract wood-boring arthropod prey; while mainly feeding on small invertebrates, greater flamebacks will also drink nectar.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Streams of firedartedfrom her eyes, and well indeed they might, for her heart was all in a flame.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The waist isdartedto fit and comes to a small point in front.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The girl had a puppy, and when the police went to question the architect, the puppydartedinto his apartment and led the police to a wall.
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- euthanasia
- euthanize
- eutrophication
- EV
- EVA
- evacuate
- evacuated
- evacuating
- evacuation
- evacuation operation
- evacuation order
- evacuation plan
- evacuation shelter
- evacuee
- evade
- evaded
- evader
- evade the issue, question, etc.
- evade-the-issue-question-etc
- evading
- evaluate
- evaluated
- evaluating
- evaluation
- evaluation form