haste
Example Sentences
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If I were unlucky enough to do so, I’d instantly lose my appetite, spitting out those pungent, peppery seeds with such haste and chugging glasses of water in an attempt to clean my palate.
From Salon
They, despite earlier calls for haste, said they had not been given enough time to examine the proposals which they said could threaten free speech.
From BBC
Once at the warehouse, dozens of volunteers began the slow process of hanging them up on metal fences that had also been sourced in haste.
From BBC
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.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
