Literary notes about Hurtle (AI summary)
The term "hurtle" in literature has a fascinating duality. It is employed both as a surname—establishing a character's identity and social presence in narratives, as seen with Mrs. Hurtle in settings that reveal interpersonal dynamics [1], [2], [3]—and as a verb that vividly imbues scenes with a sense of rapid, unrestrained movement or impact. Authors use it to describe objects and figures careening through the air or across landscapes, thereby enhancing the kinetic energy of action sequences [4], [5], [6], [7]. This interplay between a character’s name and the forceful motion the word conveys contributes to a layered, dynamic storytelling style.
- But Mrs. Hurtle was not a beauty after the present fashion.
— from The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope - "And so you have come to see me," said Mrs. Hurtle.
— from The Way We Live Now by Anthony Trollope - And the other member of my party was Mrs. Hurtle, the Rube's wife, as saucy and as sparkling-eyed as when she had been Nan Brown.
— from The Redheaded Outfield, and Other Baseball Stories by Zane Grey - "The chariot rounding the last goal, To hurtle past it in his soul!
— from Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 56, Number 349, November, 1844 by Various - He saw many apes watching from below, and then he saw the rope part and the boy hurtle downward toward the ground.
— from Jungle Tales of Tarzan by Edgar Rice Burroughs - Dimly he saw the harpoon hurtle through the spray and the sharp crack of the explosion sounded in his ear.
— from The Boy With the U. S. Fisheries by Francis Rolt-Wheeler - It would be more than three and a half hours before she shot above the opposite horizon to hurtle, swift and low, across the face of the dying planet.
— from The Chessmen of Mars by Edgar Rice Burroughs
