HASTY in a Sentence
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88 example sentences for HASTY, such as:
1. The army beat a hasty retreat.
2. I decided to beat a hasty retreat.
3. A hasty man is seldom out of trouble.
4. He scrawled a hasty note to his wife.
5. They shouldn't have made such a hasty decision.
2. I decided to beat a hasty retreat.
3. A hasty man is seldom out of trouble.
4. He scrawled a hasty note to his wife.
5. They shouldn't have made such a hasty decision.
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Meanings and Examples of HASTY
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hasty
a. done with very great haste and without due deliberation
a. excessively quick
Classic Sentence: (79 in 6 pages)
1 A rash word or a hasty act was followed by annihilation, and yet none knew what the nature might be of this terrible power which was suspended over them.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER III. JOHN FERRIER TALKS WITH THE PROPHET
2 At a wild torrent which swept out of a ravine they called a halt and watered their horses, while they partook of a hasty breakfast.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
3 It was a hasty note to inform Louisa that Mrs. Gradgrind lay very ill.
4 It appeared, indeed, from the countenance of this proprietor, that he was of a frank, but hasty and choleric temper.
5 Cedric darted at the forward damsel a glance of hasty resentment; but Rowena, and whatever belonged to her, were privileged and secure from his anger.
6 With hasty alacrity Gurth obeyed him, while Wamba and the Jew followed, both wondering at the sudden change in the swineherd's demeanour.
7 The Knight had scarcely finished a hasty meal, ere his menial announced to him that five men, each leading a barbed steed, desired to speak with him.
8 The prisoners were compelled by their guards to alight, and were conducted to an apartment where a hasty repast was offered them, of which none but Athelstane felt any inclination to partake.
9 The heavy, yet hasty step of the men-at-arms, traversed the battlements or resounded on the narrow and winding passages and stairs which led to the various bartisans and points of defence.
10 This ill-timed defiance might have procured for De Bracy a volley of arrows, but for the hasty and imperative interference of the outlaw Chief.
11 Thou art pardoned, Fitzurse," said the prince, gravely; "thy purpose hath atoned for thy hasty rashness.
12 It had been, as he before presumed, too hasty a measure on Crawford's side, and time must be given to make the idea first familiar, and then agreeable to her.
13 Although Oliver had enough to occupy his attention in keeping sight of his leader, he could not help bestowing a few hasty glances on either side of the way, as he passed along.
14 The girl laughed again: even less composedly than before; and, darting a hasty look at Sikes, turned her face aside, and bit her lip till the blood came.
15 He passed a great many public-houses; but, at length paused before one in a by-way, whose parlour, as he gathered from a hasty peep over the blinds, was deserted, save by one solitary customer.
Example Sentence:
1 We saw the rain and made a hasty retreat into the bar.
2 The army beat a hasty retreat.
3 I decided to beat a hasty retreat.
4 A hasty man is seldom out of trouble.
5 One company is giving its employees airplane tickets in the event they need to make a hasty escape.
6 He scrawled a hasty note to his wife.
7 They shouldn't have made such a hasty decision.
8 I remember her as a slim young woman, with black hair, dark eyes, very nice features; but she had a capricious and hasty temper, and indifferent ideas of principle or justice.
9 It disappeared in his glove; and, with one hasty nod and "good-afternoon," he vanished.