They ended the day beside a fast-running mountain stream.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Place Called Freedom]

She leaps, on purpose, into a "fast-running stream" for no apparent reason.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2006-03-01] Reference

The track they were following dipped to a little, fast-running river and a bridge.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Murder of Busy Lizzie]

Hold the screen in the current in 1 to 2 feet of fast-running water while your par.    From Wordnik.com.  [More Fishing Tips] Reference

She did not look at him, but stared into the water, which was clear and cold and fast-running.    From Wordnik.com.  [Into the Labyrinth]

She hit bottom so quickly it was as if there hadn't been any water in the fast-running stream.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kiss the Girls]

Clearing brush and vegetation back from the banks of fast-running streams may help reduce the number.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 23] Reference

The river itself murmured in the distance, too deep and fast-running to be silenced by any winter frost.    From Wordnik.com.  [Asimov's Science Fiction]

Nothing but bright blue sky, golden sand, a swath of green, with occasional glimpses of the fast-running Nile.    From Wordnik.com.  [Shadow Chase] Reference

Since the tail is stretchy and flexible, Marill wraps its tail around a tree when fishing at a fast-running stream.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2009-03-01] Reference

The canal in places was stained red, and Norman bodies drifted twirling away on its fast-running waters before sinking.    From Wordnik.com.  [Norman Ten Hundred A Record of the 1st (Service) Bn. Royal Guernsey Light Infantry] Reference

Thus, we were soon paddling out from the little jetty, finding it surprisingly easy going against the fast-running tide.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Skrayling Tree]

The boys cared little about indulging themselves in any more bathing in that treacherous portion of the fast-running Bushkill.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Banner Boy Scouts on a Tour, or, The Mystery of Rattlesnake Mountain] Reference

From my point of view, Senator Joe Biden is an inspiring, experienced, over-the-top smart, fast-running boss who is a handful.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joe Biden Gets Call (Maybe. . .) and Yells: " Where is Blinken ?"] Reference

For example, the state of Texas has about 4,000 miles of fast-running water I'm not counting "turtles" like the Rio Grande here.    From Wordnik.com.  [John Merrow: Add Trash to the Curriculum?] Reference

Rourke throttled out, jumping over another deadfall and away from the grade and onto the bank of the fast-running but shallow stream.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Doomsayer]

Working like a power digger, he kept shoveling it in; and all the while he kept up a fast-running conversation with both Susan and Emma.    From Wordnik.com.  [Analog Science Fiction and Fact]

They had scarcely started up the Shell Road when the whir of a fast-running automobile sounded behind them and the mellow hoot of a horn.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference

Tom spoke with fast-running tears and choking voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [Uncle Tom's Cabin] Reference

We stopped by the side of one particularly fast-running stream.    From Wordnik.com.  [NYT > Home Page] Reference

She looked with unseeing eyes through the trees at the fast-running water.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Homesteaders A Novel of the Canadian West] Reference

Korea may be, if spun right, a fast-running "pulse" or even "Asia on speed.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Scribblings of the Metropolitician] Reference

This must be kept in view in reading the story of Larkin's fast-running dog.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fisher's River (North Carolina) Scenes and Characters] Reference

"What we're looking at is a blueprint for a fast-running set of jaws," Sereno said.    From Wordnik.com. Reference

"The speed and the force of the water was enormous; it was very, very fast-running.".    From Wordnik.com.  [AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories] Reference

The secret, he disclosed, was to leave the cat in a fast-running stream for three days.    From Wordnik.com.  [ Guardian Online] Reference

Not many people are lucky enough to have a steep slope and a fast-running stream on hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [BBC News | News Front Page | World Edition] Reference

And calories help keep the fast-running metabolism of a bird up to speed on cold winter days.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

Footage also showed a rescue crew saving a man caught in a fallen tree on a fast-running river.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

The agile, fast-running Fruitadens lived in the Late Jurassic period (about 150 million years ago).    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

I came to the river Bzib, deep and fast-running, and rowed myself across in a leaky and muddy boat.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Tramp's Sketches] Reference

It seems very human, finally tragically in that his life became a fast-running machine that finally killed him.    From Wordnik.com.  [Breaking News: CBS News] Reference

The greater is the distance, the greater is the difficulty in securing the proper fitting of fast-running trains.    From Wordnik.com.  [North America] Reference

Given that they are mostly aquatic and have other derived adaptations to life in fast-running streams, this is not at all implausible.    From Wordnik.com.  [Scientific Blogging] Reference

Spring means many things in the Mother Lode - warmer weather, fast-running rivers filled with snowmelt and, most vibrantly, wildflowers.    From Wordnik.com.  [ Weather] Reference