Sentence Examples

1. The group jumped out and started unloading their cargo with an efficiency that showed they had done this hundreds of times before.
2. The looting, drinking, and raping, which had been the tone whilst Geoffrey had briefly been in control of Assingham, were replaced by order and military efficiency.
3. He stood back and watched her make the bed, tucking the sheets in with practiced efficiency, smoothing out the blankets and leaving no sign of the momentous event that had taken place only a couple of hours before.
4. The police proceeded with their usual efficiency, photographs, examination of the body and so on.
5. Tucking her knees beneath her with an efficiency that confirmed she was used to obeying orders, Emma kneeled where Rune indicated.
6. We were all now anxious to test the efficiency of the rudder and screw, and we put them both into requisition forthwith, for the purpose of altering our direction more to the eastward, and in a line for Paris.
7. That was the best way I could think to describe the strange but somehow logical mix of shabbiness and corporate efficiency.
8. Then, with brisk efficiency and a bit of help from Flynn, they got the bar closed up in no time.
9. His gauntlets crushed skulls with cold efficiency.
10. When I finally get inside and flip on the light, my new home greets me for what it is, a tiny efficiency lacking everything from curtains and bedspread to artwork on the walls.