hurried

Within a single paragraph, we are told that time “was flying by,” that someone “stopped in his tracks” while others “hurried breathlessly.”

She looks hurried, though, and her eyes reflect impatience.

As she hurried them out of the billiard room, the door ever so slowly closed behind them.

The deployment of the Merops system is part of NATO's hurried efforts to shore up its eastern flank after the alliance in September scrambled jets to shoot down Russian drones over Poland.

Breakfast suddenly feels like a small, personal ritual rather than a hurried, utilitarian task.