haste
Example Sentences
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But one has to admire, amid all the evident haste, how quickly “Louvre Heist: Minute by Minute” has been prepped and presented.
In their haste, they dropped several pieces of jewelry on the gallery floor, police said.
For 25 years, Britain was the colonial power in the area known as Palestine in World War One, departing in haste in 1948 as the State of Israel was created.
From BBC
Investigators found a damaged crown that used to belong to Empress Eugenie on the thieves' escape route - apparently having been dropped as they departed in haste.
From BBC
Shortly before his diagnosis with lung cancer, he signed off one letter “In sickness and in haste.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
