hurrying

Example Sentences

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We would play on until the light started to fade, which indicated it was time to head home - again, I don't ever recall my mum or dad hurrying me in!

From BBC • Apr. 24, 2026

The following day, a 30-year-old ski patroller named Cole Murphy was with a team of colleagues hurrying to clear the freshly fallen snow from a series of expert slopes known, appropriately, as the Avalanche Chutes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

Hamstring injuries are finicky, especially for a mobile quarterback, and hurrying back from one is never smart.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2025

We’re most vulnerable when we’re hurrying to check things off the to-do list and get a good deal, especially one too good to be true.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2024

I put a foot over the threshold, then another, and another, until I was hurrying down the stairs, out the front doors, and into the quiet courtyard, where no children played.

From "The Light in Hidden Places" by Sharon Cameron