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

He called for more money to be put into research on brain tumours, to hasten research into alternative treatments for the condition.

From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025

‘We must hasten south, lord. Let us leave these wild folk to their fancies. Or let us bind them and take them to the king.’

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien