Well Sped

And with another arrow, well-armed and well-sped from his bow drawn to its fullest stretch, he struck Vikarna at the shoulder-joint. ❋ Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli (N/A)

As the two heroes, O king, struck each other with many foremost of arrows, O king, the sounds caused by the bows, bow-strings, and palms, of both Dhananjaya and Adhiratha's son, became tremendous and their well-sped arrows also caused a deafening whizz. ❋ Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli (N/A)

To have attempted to place a hackamore upon any of the wild creatures in the corral would have been the height of foolishness -- only a well-sped riata in the hands of a strong man could have captured one of these. ❋ Edgar Rice Burroughs (1912)

A blind, furious rush which only a well-sped bullet can prevent causing the untimely end of whatever happens to be in the way. ❋ John T. McCutcheon (1909)

What boy has not thrilled at the tales of Greenwood men, the well-sped shaft, the arrow's low whispering flight, and the willow wand split at a hundred paces? ❋ Saxton Pope (1900)

It was a well-sped shaft, and quivered alive and burning in her heart of hearts. ❋ Anna Katharine Green (1890)

He had such a place of refuge; and, strange a one as it might appear, he sped towards it in as direct a line as ever a well-sped arrow flew towards its mark. ❋ Unknown (1847)