hurrying

Example Sentences

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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

Nepalis who once came to India in search of work are now hurrying back across the border, as the nation reels with its worst unrest in decades.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 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

Beside her, she saw the shadows and the shimmering echo of stagehands and wardrobe attendants and actors hurrying past her, laughing and chattering in Yiddish.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny