hasten away

Example Sentences

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It is I that must hasten away, and he that must remain.’

From "The Fellowship of the Ring" by J.R.R. Tolkien

The well-meaning maidens are thoroughly frightened, and they hasten away after handing their basket to the Norwegian sailors.

From Stars of the Opera by Wagnalls, Mabel

And she added: "For heaven's sake, hasten away, for if the troll comes your life will be forfeit!"

From The Swedish Fairy Book by Various

And now I would rather hasten away from Brussels, and wander on to other scenes; and yet there are many things I fain would speak of, and some people, too, worth a mention in passing.

From Arthur O'Leary His Wanderings And Ponderings In Many Lands by Lever, Charles James

Stone battle-axe Continuing our voyage, we saw the buffaloes hasten away, and moored our vessel at twilight to some trees on the north bank.

From Travels in the Interior of North America, Part I, (Being Chapters I-XV of the London Edition, 1843) Early Western Travels, 1748-1846, Volume XXII by Maximilian, Alexander Philipp