hurry away
Example Sentences
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But the guards don’t appear to make any effort to open the cell doors and instead hurry away as billowing clouds of smoke fill the structure within seconds.
From Seattle Times • Mar. 28, 2023
Recounting the escape later, de Valera said he had been poised to lock the door to the exercise yard gate when he was urged by his comrades to hurry away from the prison.
From BBC • Feb. 2, 2019
Miss Daw, in a small part, manages to hurry away with most of Elaine Hammerstein's honors.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Here he has to hurry away because he hasn't time.
From Time Magazine Archive
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When Dryope, terrified at the ominous sight, tried to hurry away, her feet would not move; they seemed rooted in the ground.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
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