Examples of “fleet” in a Sentence

noun A group of ships, vehicles, or aircraft operated together, especially under one owner or command.

• The company runs a fleet of delivery vans across the city.
• The admiral gave the order and the whole fleet set sail at dawn.
• A fleet of fishing boats left the harbor before sunrise.

adj Moving quickly and lightly; swift.

• The fleet messenger raced through the streets and delivered the note in minutes.
• The deer was fleet of foot and vanished into the trees.
• A fleet runner can close a fast break before the defense sets up.

verb To pass by quickly or vanish; to move on rapidly (somewhat old-fashioned usage).

• Childhood days fleet past, and then suddenly you are all grown up.
• The clouds fleet across the sky on a windy afternoon.
• Summer seemed to fleet by before we knew it.