hasty
Example Sentences
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Clothes, medicines, food, shoes, blankets and sheets were scattered on the floors and tables of the houses, evidence of a hasty search.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
The lack of support that made the hasty, informal exit necessary was mind-blowing, he said.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 4, 2026
In protest, he jumped on stage, wiggled his bottom at the cameras, made a strange wafting gesture with his hands and beat a hasty retreat, pursued by Jackson's security team.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2026
As the president oversaw a hasty demolition of the White House’s East Wing — historically the domain of first ladies — his remark that Melania had “loved her little office” jumped out.
From Salon • Dec. 11, 2025
He wasn’t compelled to offer stuttering apologies for trespassing or to make a hasty, panicked retreat in the heroic fashion of his parents, grandparents, and great-grandparents.
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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