HASTEN in a Sentence
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221 example sentences for HASTEN, such as:
1. She saw his frown and hastened to explain.
2. She saw his quick frown and hastened to explain.
3. They bowed low to Louis and hastened out of his way.
4. If he knew she loved him, he would hasten to her side.
5. I hasten to congratulate you on the coming of your birthday.
2. She saw his quick frown and hastened to explain.
3. They bowed low to Louis and hastened out of his way.
4. If he knew she loved him, he would hasten to her side.
5. I hasten to congratulate you on the coming of your birthday.
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Meanings and Examples of HASTEN
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hasten
v. speed up the progress of; facilitate
v. act or move at high speed
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 If he knew she loved him, he would hasten to her side.
2 When Lincoln refused to exchange prisoners, believing it would hasten the end of the war to burden the Confederacy with the feeding and guarding of Union prisoners, there were thousands of bluecoats at Andersonville, Georgia.
3 It was a relief to her that Gerty was obliged to hasten away: the two kissed silently, but without a trace of the previous night's emotion.
4 And with that she had to content herself, and hasten on to the expectant group on the steps.
5 In winter, California is full of people from Iowa and Nebraska, Ohio and Oklahoma, who, having traveled thousands of miles from their familiar villages, hasten to secure an illusion of not having left them.
6 Here came the entrails, to be scraped and washed clean for sausage casings; men and women worked here in the midst of a sickening stench, which caused the visitors to hasten by, gasping.
7 Breathless with amazement, and heavily oppressed with the critical situation of his friend, Heyward recoiled before the look, trembling lest its meaning might, in some unknown manner, hasten the prisoner's fate.
8 He thought he must hasten to produce his tale to protect him from the missiles already on the lips of his redoubtable comrades.
9 She would gladly have stopped at the door to listen, as she came out; but her mistress just then calling, she was obliged to hasten away.
10 I must hasten to add that I am the only person to blame in all this, while Mr. Bazarov has behaved most honourably.
11 I hasten to inform you, my dear friend, what wonderful things have happened to me.
12 I have just returned from my benefactor, and hasten to write down what I have experienced.
13 At Kamenka a relay of horses was to wait which would take them to the Warsaw highroad, and from there they would hasten abroad with post horses.
14 Soon after the Rostovs came to Moscow the effect Natasha had on him made him hasten to carry out his intention.
15 Beyond a certain limit no mechanical disruption of the body could hasten the process of decomposition.
Example Sentence:
1 I hasten to add that I knew nothing of the fraud at the time.
2 He has been described as a 'charmless bore'-not by me, I hasten to add.
3 I hasten to congratulate you on the coming of your birthday.
4 Her spirit seemed to hasten to live within a very brief span as much as many live during a protracted existence.
5 This gemstone is believed to enhance self-esteem, develop the ability to love and hasten spiritual growth.
6 She saw his frown and hastened to explain.
7 She saw his quick frown and hastened to explain.
8 They bowed low to Louis and hastened out of his way.
9 He hastened to assure us that the press would not be informed.
10 Mrs. Fairfax swallowed her breakfast and hastened away to commence operations.
11 It was now obvious that he was hastening to restore the keys to their owner.