Examples of darted

• A torchbearer ran out from the wings and darted through the gap in the mountain to light an altar in the temple.

• When the cylinder was moved towards the normal eye the fish darted away; when moved toward the operated eye, prior to the return of vision, the fish ignored it.

• The 30 ft wide disc, shaped like a spinning top, darted silently in a northwesterly direction, leaving the asphalt ablaze for many minutes afterwards.

• The pigeon flew away and was heading for home when a hawk darted out from under the cliffs and seized it.

• The long tongue can be darted forward to capture insects.

• He never said a word and darted back.

• He looked unsettled and his eyes darted about...

• Sometimes he would run swiftly pursuing a fish, and seldom missed when he darted at him.

• He had almost been bitten by a seven-foot mamba which darted at his back from a termite hill.

• The eye-beam darted by the imagined basilisk, for instance, was the agent of its lethal power, given the technical term "extramission".

• The woodpecker's long tongue, in many cases as long as the woodpecker itself, can be darted forward to capture insects.

• The long tongue can be darted forward to extract wood-boring arthropod prey; while mainly feeding on small invertebrates, greater flamebacks will also drink nectar.

• Streams of fire darted from her eyes, and well indeed they might, for her heart was all in a flame.

• The waist is darted to fit and comes to a small point in front.

• The girl had a puppy, and when the police went to question the architect, the puppy darted into his apartment and led the police to a wall.