verb
- moving with great speed, typically in a seemingly uncontrolled way
Usage: present participle of ‘hurtle’
adjective
- moving very fast in a reckless or uncontrolled manner
Examples
- The car came hurtling down the hill at dangerous speeds.
- She watched the meteor hurtling through the night sky.
- The runaway shopping cart was hurtling toward the parked cars.
- The train was hurtling through the countryside at full speed.
- Rocks came hurtling down the mountainside after the earthquake.
- The hurtling asteroid posed a threat to Earth.
- He threw himself out of the way of the hurtling bicycle.