quickie

Example Sentences

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Deeply saddened by his passing, as many millennials were, I walked to the bathroom for a quickie corporate cry.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

Craig and Carter Blanchard collaborated on the screenplay adaptation, and the film relies on the kind of quickie reveals and twists that audiences would expect from this kind of thing.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2025

A number about a quickie wedding is called “Midnight Trip to Vegas,” but the groom has already hand-delivered Lopez’s invitation.

From New York Times • Feb. 22, 2024

Lately, she’s been teaching classes on making bagels — not the quickie recipe, but the overnight version.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023

Then he went to Reno, Nevada, and got himself a quickie divorce.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride