in a hurry
Example Sentences
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The key is exploiting job-seeker anxiety, he noted: “They want somebody who is in a hurry to find a job.”
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 5, 2026
Long before he arrived at USC, a couple days shy of his 17th birthday, Ethan “Boobie” Feaster had always been in a hurry to grow up.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2026
"I have no time schedule. I'm not in a hurry."
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
Mohamed Nias was one of the hundreds of Moroccans who left work in a hurry on Thursday, having "heard that the border with Ceuta was open".
From Barron's ● Aug. 1, 2026
If that hunter had any sense, he hightailed it out of there in a hurry.
From "Blended" by Sharon M. Draper
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