hasten

Example Sentences

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The severity of seemingly mundane, everyday anxieties — school bullies, the prom, graduation, obnoxious Cher-obsessed college roommates — is on par with demons trying to hasten the apocalypse.

From Salon • Mar. 26, 2026

Fusion engineers will use this “digital twin” to run simulations, ultimately to hasten the goal of producing fusion energy at a commercial scale.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 6, 2026

The German government just approved a list of measures to cut red tape that should hasten deployment.

From Barron's • Nov. 20, 2025

Those dogs, I hasten to note, are doing the best they can to bridge the void.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2025

He flailed about with the feather duster and went straight to bed, as if doing so would hasten the morning’s arrival.

From "The Mysterious Benedict Society" by Trenton Lee Stewart