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Careering

Career \Ca*reer"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Careered 3; p. pr. & vb. n. Careering] To move or run rapidly.

Careering gayly over the curling waves.
--W. Irving.

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careering

n. Rapid, uncontrollable headlong motion. vb. (present participle of career English)

Usage examples of "careering".

It swooped and curved, arcing over the tops of the buildings and careering in spirals, a dimly glimpsed display of virtuoso aerobatics, a shadowy circus.

Slugs smashed through the windshield of the jeep, the driver's right arm disappearing in a spray of gore, a rifleman in the passenger's seat losing his head, the jeep careering away.

There are some who, from time to time, see the doomed man careering along the face of the mountain, with the lady hanging across the steed.

Thus the night fled away, as if it were a winged steed, and he careering on it.

How could Caelum send those thoughts careering through all of their heads, and still claim that he didn't want the term "Acharite" used because it stank of the hatreds of the past?

He threw himself under the wheels of a driverless wagon careering round the corner of the winding street.

Standing at the edge of the crowd, Nathaniel was shielded from the brunt of the blast, but even so found himself propelled into the air and sent careering back against the door that led onto the river terrace.

Tamed by its human masters and towed into a stable path around the Earth over a century before, now it was free again, careering through space in a random orbit, threatening other habitats.

Then, slamming both hands down on the chair arms, he propelled himself up with astonishing force, careering around the room.

This time it was more herbivores, running away from the sled's whine, through the thick rain forest, occasionally careering off trees so hard the top branches shuddered wildly.

Shipfish picked up their customary bow positions, flipping and careering and generally making a show of themselves to the delight of the passengers.

When she checked the careering caravan again it had just passed the last of Colsterworth’s terraced houses.

The white fire bounced about enthusiastically, careering off tables and chairs.

Along the edges of the cloud, gargantuan tornadoes began to spin away, careering off over the sea.

The creature spun, beating its wings languorously, its body careering across the sky with the chaotic graceless speed of a butterfly.