Examples of hastily in a Sentence
the hastily put together report contained a lot of errors
the congresswoman hastily made her way towards the waiting elevator
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Still, inmates were hastily transferred to other facilities.
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Though Disney initially stayed on the sidelines as sportsbooks and broadcasters hastily paired up, PointsBet locked in NBC, William Hill walled off CBS, the Stars Group partnered with Fox and Penn National experimented with Barstool.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Employees, guests and residents were forced to hastily evacuate as a wildfire bore down.
—Ryan Heinsius, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Within seconds of inhaling the foul odor, the white dog springs back in disgust and hastily shuffles to the other side of the bed, as though trying to escape the smell altogether.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
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Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Though Disney initially stayed on the sidelines as sportsbooks and broadcasters hastily paired up, PointsBet locked in NBC, William Hill walled off CBS, the Stars Group partnered with Fox and Penn National experimented with Barstool.
—Eben Novy-Williams, Sportico.com, 29 Sep. 2025
Employees, guests and residents were forced to hastily evacuate as a wildfire bore down.
—Ryan Heinsius, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
Within seconds of inhaling the foul odor, the white dog springs back in disgust and hastily shuffles to the other side of the bed, as though trying to escape the smell altogether.
—Lucy Notarantonio, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for hastily
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“Hastily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hastily. Accessed 3 Oct. 2025.
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