How to Use hasten in a Sentence

hasten

verb

• His death was hastened by alcohol abuse.
• Would the difficult process of building out Schwartz & Sandy’s hasten their marriage’s demise?
  — Naomi Fry, The New Yorker, 13 July 2024
• Their aim is to hasten a replacement ozone rule that regulates CO2.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2021
• Many Asian spas are legitimate, of course, and advocates hasten to note that they should not be roundly stigmatized.
  — Stephanie Ebbert, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Mar. 2021
• Dams and other modifications of waterways can kill off native species and even hasten their replacement by invasive fish.
  — Alex Fox, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 Feb. 2021
• And, in the short term, legal observers say, his announcement could hasten the departure of prosecutors who've been loyal to him and won't want to work for his successor.
  — Michael R. Sisak, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2021
• As a result of his post, DeVougas had the authority to help hasten Flynn's departure.
  — jsonline.com, 24 Feb. 2021
• The latest inspections could hasten the end of the earliest 777 models if the repairs turn out to be costly, Ferguson said.
  — Alan Levin, Fortune, 22 Feb. 2021
• The slowdown resulted from a new law passed to fix Arizona election calendar issues and intended to hasten full unofficial results.
  — Sasha Hupka, The Arizona Republic, 5 Aug. 2024
• Under the governor’s plan, 10% of the state’s vaccine supply will be earmarked for education workers each week in a statewide effort to hasten school reopenings.
  — Nora Mishanec, San Francisco Chronicle, 2 Mar. 2021
• When the door fell shut behind it, Raff hastened over to check its ears.
  — Jonathan Franzen, The New Yorker, 25 Dec. 2023
• The presence of Watson and the extra cap room could hasten the deal.
  — cleveland, 19 Mar. 2022
• The death of the big-screen rom-com hastened the death of movies marketed to women.
  — Time, 11 July 2023
• Well, to suppress the part trying to hasten the alien conquest.
  — Sean T. Collins, Vulture, 27 Mar. 2024
• How the lender's quirky mix of customers fueled its rise and hastened its fall (March 19).
  — Wsj Staff, WSJ, 4 Apr. 2023
• Against today’s four hearts, West led the jack of spades, and declarer took the ace and hastened to lead trumps.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 20 Apr. 2024
• Yet Park, too, saw the magnitude of the task and took the easy route: asking the chaebol to help Seoul hasten growth.
  — William Pesek, Forbes, 15 June 2021
• The tire changers hasten back over to the near side, grab the final two tires from over the wall and secure them onto the car.
  — Shane Connuck, Charlotte Observer, 25 June 2024
• Some tried to resist and were pushed and chased by soldiers who used batons to hasten them.
  — Ranata Brito, Anchorage Daily News, 18 May 2021
• Ratliff knew this news would only hasten a push for some kind of Covid lockdown, which would cancel the tour.
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 27 Oct. 2021
• But this is not the only reason to hasten the transition.
  — Meghan L. O’Sullivan and Jason Bordoff, Foreign Affairs, 18 June 2024
• The move could hasten the demise of its huge energy sector.
  — Charles Riley, CNN, 29 Mar. 2022
• Today’s West led the nine of spades against four hearts, and when dummy played the queen, East hastened to cover an honor.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 21 Sep. 2024
• Is the city doing anything to hasten a solution to the problem?
  — Jeanne Houck, The Enquirer, 22 Feb. 2023
• Democrats said the motion was in line with majority opinion to hasten the repeal of the 1864 law.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 24 Apr. 2024
• Some newer models have a heat mode to hasten drying time.
  — Laura Daily, Washington Post, 19 Oct. 2023
• If the era of the line cook had been hovering pre-pandemic, the course of 2020 certainly hastened it.
  — Hannah Goldfield, The New Yorker, 17 June 2024
• An acquittal would hasten questions about the purpose of the inquiry and the cost to taxpayers.
  — Eric Tucker, ajc, 14 May 2022
• Yet the injury also hastened his return to LAFC on a loan that includes an option to buy.
  — Kevin Baxter, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2024
• Plenty of research since the start of the pandemic has already shown how polluted air can hasten the spread of the virus.
  — Kurtis Alexander, San Francisco Chronicle, 13 Aug. 2021

Last Updated: 29 Oct 2024