fled
inflected form of “flee” — run away quickly
An inflected form of flee · inflected form.
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,786 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 10,139 times across 175,113 chapters — 0.005% of every word in the library.
What it means
verb
- run away quickly also: fly, take flight He threw down his gun and fled
fled in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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And when night came she fled away into the forest.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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When the multitudes were not converted by the miracles, they fled terrified.
The Dream · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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Charles had fled, peace was restored, the Long Parliament was dissolved, Cromwell was Lord Protector.
The Shadow of a Crime: A Cumbrian Romance · Hall, Sir Caine · Chapter 1
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Such fellows are always cowards; the moment they saw one of their accomplices mortally wounded, they fled.
An Egyptian Princess — Volume 07 · Georg Ebers · Chapter 1
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Down the broad valley fast and far The troubled army fled; Up rose the glorious morning star, The ghastly host was dead.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1