Word Finder - raced

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To take part in a race (in the sense of a contest).

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The drivers were racing around the track.

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To compete against in such a race.

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I raced him to the car, but he was there first, so he got to ride shotgun.

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To move or drive at high speed; to hurry or speed.

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As soon as it was time to go home, he raced for the door.

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Of a motor, to run rapidly when not engaged to a transmission.

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To assign a race to; to perceive as having a (usually specified) race.

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(social studies) Belonging to a certain race of people.

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To demolish; to level to the ground.

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To scrape as if with a razor.

A police car raced by with its siren screaming.

Tears raced from the corners of her eyes.

She screamed, and raced toward the field.

Her heart in her throat, she raced down the hill.

Her heart raced to the point of pain, and she felt sick enough to puke.

Even now, her heart quickened and her thoughts raced to the image of him in tight black clothing.

He threw her over his shoulder, ran to his car, tossed her in, and raced home.

The five of them raced across the pasture, toward the buffalo pen.

When I noticed his flashing lights behind me, I nearly raced away but he'd have caught me.

His heart raced as he rose and began to claw his way up and to his left.

I've raced through nearly four thousand words just today!

He could smell her, so raced toward her scent.

She raced down the hall tugging her boots on, hopping first on one foot and then on the other.

The angel found his footing and took her hand.  They raced through the last of the jungle and across the expanse of grassless yard between the jungle and the palace.  The sounds of demons grew louder.

The 15 knots of breeze predicted never filled in - instead the fleet raced in a shifty force 2-3.

Bianca jogged after the two, who raced towards a small crowd at the opened gate of the compound.

Jake shot off a burst of rounds as several vamps raced across the courtyard, their red eyes glowing and growls loud.

The distant beat of a helicopter's wings drew closer as they raced away from the mountains.

Her heart and breathing drowning out every other sound, she raced down the hall and around a corner, sliding to a stop as she saw the men headed her way.

His walk turned to a trot and then a run.  Rhyn ran after him, feeling alive as they raced through the enchanted forest towards a fate he wasn't entirely certain how to handle yet.

The new empresses of the pool raced to 12 out of a possible 16 world titles, setting five world records along the way.

She snatched her jacket and pulled it on as she raced down the stairwell and down the hall to the front door.

His heart raced as he began to sense what he would find.

He raced into the woods with the red head in tow, then stopped and viciously bit into her neck.

Without waiting for a response, she raced to the house and dialed Katie's number with shaking hands.

Josh vaulted the fence and raced up the hill, only to stop in surprise as Alex emerged from the trees riding a horse colored enough like Ed to be his twin.

The blond Amazon and Dan raced toward her from the gutted forest.

Toby took the lead, and the demons, Death and Gabe disappeared as Katie rounded the corner of the palace.  The angel released her and raced into the palace and up a set of stairs.  They ascended several floors, until Katie was sucking wind bad enough to stop.  Toby didn't wait for her, and she stumbled forward.  The interior of the palace was unlit, and the darkness of evening crept into the hallways.

Dashing from room to room downstairs produced nothing so he raced up the stairs, first to his room, then to Fred's.

Shifting to his highest gear, Dean raced in pursuit down a long incline.

Dean picked up the pace and closed the gap on the yellow­shirted rider, low on his bike to minimize the wind resistance as he raced downward at a dangerous speed.

She raced for the bathroom, remembering the comment Alex had made about the Midol.

They raced the horses past the pond and up the hill, slowing when they came to the rocky area.

A fish flopped in the pond, probably avoiding a snapping turtle, and water raced over rocks in the creek below.

Warmth raced back up her neck again.

When she raced back to the house screaming for Alex, he bolted out of the back door.

It gurgled an invitation as it raced by on its way from the old swimming hole.

She raced across the corral and threw herself into his open arms.

Exhilaration filled her as she raced down the street.

Her mind raced as she sought some way to save Darian.

Its power raced through her and out, sending the guardsman nearest her flying.

Hope and anger raced through her, her body tingling with more than his magic.

Her broken body clenched in his arms, Taran staggered up the stairs and raced through the hold, shouting at people who got in his way.

Vara snatched a horse and raced through a doorway in the eastern wall toward the glowing forest.

Ed snorted and side-stepped as the peccaries raced ahead of them, squealing a protest at being interrupted.

Brandishing the broom, she raced down the porch steps, screaming at the dog.

A rush of blood raced to her head, pumping against his fingers.

Major Warburton had virtually raced across from the Macdonnell range in South Australia to the headwaters of the Oakover river on the northwest coast, without allowing himself sufficient time to note the characteristics of the country.

Without pausing to fire, the men raced onward, but the French striking their outer wing rolled up the whole line in succession, the actual collision occurring in and near the Bruville ravine, a deep-cut natural trench which, starting from the Tronville copses, here intersects the plateau from west to east.

They were, however, now abreast of the and brigade, and the whole line raced forward to reach the effective range of their very inferior weapons, which were about equal at aoo yds.