hastily

Example Sentences

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Rich Maw, an independent member of North Yorkshire Council and Scarborough Town Council, said he believed it had been "done too hastily", calling it "a sledgehammer to crack a nut".

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

“The doctors hastily placed me on oxygen to jump-start my lungs. It worked,” he wrote.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

Victors went beyond checking off a list of hastily scrawled names to thanking entire categories of people: women, ancestors, Koreans, audiences.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

With flights scrapped and travellers stranded or hastily repatriated, the war is also hammering tourism in a region that has become a prized destination for holidaymakers worldwide.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Dad hastily clicked out of whatever he was looking at, but not before Jonah caught a glimpse of the FBI crest—Thanks, Dad, you really think you have to hide that from me?

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix