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sprinted

verb

past tense of sprint
as in trotted
to go at a pace faster than a walk he sprinted off to class so as to avoid being late

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Recent Examples of sprinted The ball rolled all the way into the Rays’ bullpen in foul territory while Taylor sprinted to third. — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Aug. 2026 The siren let out a deafening wail, and eight jumpers sprinted to nearby racks of gear. — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026 The boy’s mother sprinted toward the water, but Josh barreled past her. — Daryl Austin, USA Today, 26 Aug. 2026 Lopez sprinted to third, rounded the bag and safely slid headfirst underneath a throw home from Red Sox center fielder Ceddanne Rafaela. — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 26 Aug. 2026 Last week, Achord sprinted almost the entire length of Melton’s kick return alongside one of the team’s fastest players. — Matt Schneidman, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026 Instead, these robots were engineered to accomplish just one task, as shown by the fact that the running robots sprinted in a straight line and could not even slow down by continuing around the track after the finish line. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 25 Aug. 2026 As many as 90,000 residents in northwest Reno and Nevada’s North Valleys were under evacuation warnings or orders to flee after the Hawk Fire sprinted across the Sierra County line and into northern Nevada. — Darrell Smith, Sacbee.com, 24 Aug. 2026 Brown sprinted down the sideline for a 70-yard gain, the biggest play of the night, to set up a one-yard Milton rushing score. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sprinted
  1. trotted
  2. jogged
  3. ran
  4. raced
  5. galloped
Verb
  • With his team up a touchdown midway through the first quarter, Jalen Brewster trotted back out to the field.
    — McClain Baxley for the AJC, AJC.com, 11 Sep. 2026
  • In photos shared by both Hamilton Township Animal Shelter and Height of Hope, Nyla trotted along a red carpet and out the door of the shelter.
    — Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of trotted
Verb
  • Walker, the team’s $20 million first baseman, went 0-for-9 and jogged out a groundball during the ninth inning of a one-run loss Saturday.
    — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026
  • The 47-year-old, a first-year player with the Jaguars who has resuscitated his football career decades after most players hang up their cleats, dutifully jogged out to his spot at right defensive end and got into his stance.
    — Christian Babcock, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of jogged
Verb
  • The helicopter, which was used by NBC and Telemundo, crashed about two hours after police say Rios drove her 2004 Ford Expedition the wrong way down a busy avenue, ran a red light and struck a vehicle before hitting the bus.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 17 Sep. 2026
  • This iconic Pasadena diner has been up and running since 1963, with local Michael Osborne taking the reins since the late ‘70s.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026
Definition of ran
Verb
  • In New York City, Special Agents Tom Armas and John Buckley -- who were at the New York Field Office at 7 World Trade Center for the annual UN General Assembly briefing -- raced into the North Tower.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 Sep. 2026
  • The disclosure is expected to give the public a better understanding of how the city responded following the collapse of the World Trade Center as officials raced to restabilize Lower Manhattan and reopen the area.
    — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of raced
Verb
  • The house had been a grand property in another era, complete with Welsh ponies whose riders once galloped through the surrounding woods.
    — Sara Ruffin Costello, Architectural Digest, 19 Aug. 2026
  • As famine, war, pestilence and death galloped through, religious thought had been taking on an apocalyptic and self-abnegatory fervor.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 30 July 2026
Definition of galloped

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“Sprinted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sprinted. Accessed 19 Sep. 2026.

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