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How to use dart in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, verb

Dart means a pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin. Example: “Soon as I felt the floor tremor I made a dart for the door.”

Examples of dart by meaning

nounA dart-shaped target towed behind an aircraft to train shooters.

  • Fighter aircraft also use restricted areas for target shooting at darts towed 1500 feet behind another aircraft.1988, Michigan Aviation, volumes 21-25, page 62

nounA plan or scheme.

  • Trucking′s my dart too.1947, Norman Lindsay, Halfway to Anywhere, published 1970, page 79

nounA sudden or fast movement.

  • Soon as I felt the floor tremor I made a dart for the door.

nounA fold that is stitched on a garment.

  • Somehow she managed, with a cinched waist here and a few darts there, to look like a Hollywood star.2013, “Nadia Popova”, in The Economist

verbTo send forth suddenly or rapidly; to emit; to shoot.

  • As the sun darted forth his beams, she darted a meaningful glance at me.

verbTo shoot with a dart, especially a tranquilizer dart.

  • They had to dart the animal to get close enough to help

verbTo fly or pass swiftly, like a dart; to move rapidly in one direction; to shoot out quickly.

  • The flying man darted eastward.

verbTo start and run with speed; to shoot rapidly along.

  • The deer darted from the thicket.
  • The fish darted under a stone.
  • Messi, again, was prominently involved, darting past Fernando and then Zabaleta.2015 February 24, Daniel Taylor, “Luis Suárez strikes twice as Barcelona teach Manchester City a lesson”, in The Guardian (London)

More sentences with dart

  • Overworked and underpaid? Then quit your job and become a pro darts player.From the entry overworked
  • The car in front drifted wide on the bend, so I darted up the inside to take the lead.From the entry inside
  • A salamander darted out of an opening in the rocks.From the entry opening
  • The hunters began to fire their poisoned darts.From the entry poisoned
  • Unflighted darts have a tendency to tumble.From the entry unflighted
  • I guess he doesn't realize who's behind him, because the way he's darting and weaving, he's practically begging me to light him up.From the entry light up
  • Ley whatever elf-shot darts, whatever flying venoms, be concentrated among those already ill.2018, Lauren B. Davis, Against A Darkening Sky, Canelo + ORM. From the entry elf-shot
  • The peculiar gun—obviously a dart gun—appeared to be a single-shot device.2017, Sharon Ervin, Memory. From the entry dart gun
  • She came to a stop before Vaegar and Gaea, eyes darting to Fenris.2014, Mya Lairis, A Guardian’s Passion, Loose Id LLC / Lightning Source, Inc., published 2015, →ISBN, page 158. From the entry berserk
  • This movement, close to the bottom, looks and sounds like a small fish darting about.2013, Jim Whippy, Sea Fishing: Expert Tips and Techniques for Yachtsmen, Motorboaters and Sea Anglers. From the entry pirk
  • His then girlfriend, Bernice Grey was a minor model turned darts walk-on girl.2012, Mark Wollacott, “Blank Jack (Teaser)”, in 108 Breaths, Circencester, Gloustershire: Wyrd Works, →ISBN, page 112. From the entry walk-on girl
  • “Just a red-hot minute!” Tim darted between her and the raging teenager.2011, Hannah Alexander, Jill Elizabeth Nelson, Season of Danger: Silent Night, Deadly Night\Mistletoe Mayhem, →ISBN. From the entry red-hot minute
  • He fumbled at the dart but the needle was barbed and wouldn't come out.2008, Charlotte Boyett-Compo, In the Arms of the Wind, page 144. From the entry tranq
  • Kailey loads the plastic dart gun again and shoots at the therapist.2005, Maria Giordano, Garry L. Landreth, Leslie Jones, A Practical Handbook for Building the Play Therapy Relationship, page 101. From the entry dart gun
  • Her hand darted in distraction to fumble eightsies, the jacks scattering.2003, Jonathan Lethem, The Fortress of Solitude. From the entry eightsies
  • The underknee horizontal seam or dart achieves a closer fit in this area.1991, Helen Stanley, Flat Pattern Cutting and Modelling for Fashion, page 162. From the entry underknee
  • The dart at hem level creates shape for the calf of the leg and reduces surplus fabric.1991, Helen Stanley, Flat Pattern Cutting and Modelling for Fashion, page 162. From the entry underknee
  • Skirts can also be fitted with a hip yoke to replace darts or gores.1989, Sharon Lee Tate, Inside Fashion Design, 3rd edition, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Row, →ISBN, page 371. From the entry overtop
  • Gomez feinted with his knife and the other man darted backward.1984, Len Levinson, chapter 3, in Meat Grinder Hill (The Rat Bastards; 4), [San Francisco, Calif.]: AudioGO, published 2013, →ISBN. From the entry feint
  • Competitors, meeting in pairs, shoot at a dart archery target at 15 yards.1972 May, Rehabilitation Record, volumes 13-14, page 27. From the entry dartchery
  • The hawk no longer darts forth from the gauntlet to soar through the air for his prey.1961, Norma Lorre Goodrich, “Beowulf”, in The Medieval Myths, New York: The New American Library, page 40. From the entry gauntlet
  • The upward dart of a droll, pointed moustache has been modern and whimsical and masqueradish.1908, Austin Brereton, The life of Henry Irving. From the entry masqueradish
  • Its flight is fairly swift, and at times very darting or jerky.1905, Joseph Isaac Spadafora Whitaker, The Birds of Tunisia, page 221. From the entry darting
  • Nearby, younger people darted back and forth at Ping-Pong tables.2026 March 24, Chris Serres, Danny McDonald, Mable Chan, The Boston Globe, retrieved 31 May 2026. From the entry back and forth
  • Rather than darts, large razor-bladed discuses flew towards Dresdan.2023, Seth Pen, Stephen Lundy, Legend of the Samurai: Summoning, page 126. From the entry razor-bladed
  • There are fast soaring streamlined Arctic skuas with pointed double tail feathers extending behind them like the flights on a dart.2020, Tim Ecott, The Land of Maybe, Short Books, published 2021, page 90. From the entry Arctic skua
  • His ears darted about in equal franticity with his eyes.2020, R. D. Arnold, Hero’s Luck, →ISBN. From the entry franticity
  • Fletched darts have the power to kill even when propelled from a great distance and are a highly sophisticated technology.2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: A Natural History, page 215. From the entry fletched
  • A boil of hawks darted above me.2011, Christopher G. Kennedy, “Post-Romantic Post-Mortem”, in Ennui Prophet, BOA Editions, Ltd., →ISBN, page 49. From the entry boil
  • A skitty cat darts along the wall.2011 August 1, Nick Alexander, Good Thing Bad Thing, Atlantic Books Ltd, →ISBN. From the entry skitty

Meaning of dart

  1. noun A pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.
  2. noun Any sharp-pointed missile weapon, such as an arrow.
  3. noun Anything resembling such a missile; something that pierces or wounds like such a weapon.

Full definition of dart

Questions about dart in a sentence

How do you use dart in a sentence?
Dart is used as a noun and verb. For example: “Soon as I felt the floor tremor I made a dart for the door.”
What is a short sentence with dart?
“Trucking′s my dart too.”
What does dart mean?
Dart means a pointed missile weapon, intended to be thrown by the hand; for example, a short lance or javelin.

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