pell-mell
Example Sentences
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“In its pell-mell rush to discharge patients, we are losing sight of them,” Short said.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2025
The court as a whole and the two concurrences hurtle pell-mell toward making it virtually impossible for plaintiffs like Mexico to successfully plead their claims.
From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025
Projects include programming robots to take care of some of the routine aspects of nursing and providing extra training to nurses before they are thrown into the pell-mell of the hospital floor or busy clinic.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2022
The pell-mell plotting of “Interceptor” recalls the Onion parody interview with the excitable, 5-year-old screenwriter of “Fast Five.”
From New York Times • Jun. 2, 2022
He pulled on his boots, washed his face and rinsed out his mouth in the meadow stream, and then ran pell-mell through the meadow, toward the village.
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
