hurried

Example Sentences

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I can attest to that after spending several hours with her on Tuesday, hustling to keep up as she taught at two schools and then hurried home to greet her private students.

From Los Angeles Times

I hurried down the street to the bookseller one wintry afternoon, bought a whole new set of ledgers, and started in to impose method on madness.

From Literature

I fell silent, annoyed to be cut off, but I hurried after him.

From Literature

Our last interaction, at the pension bureau, had ended so awkwardly—I’d told him I didn’t want to talk about Luc and then hurried off, inventing an errand before he could follow me.

From Literature

Frightened and not knowing where to go, they hastily took cover under the steps of a villa whose owners had themselves left everything on the table and hurried off.

From Barron's