hastened; hastening
ˈhā-sᵊn-iŋ 
ˈhās-niŋ
: to move or act quickly
She hastened up the stairs.
1
: to encourage to move or act quickly : to urge on
hastened her to the door—
A. J. Cronin
A. J. Cronin2
: to cause to happen more quickly : accelerate
His death was hastened by alcoholism.
hasten the coming of a new order—D. W. Brogan
D. W. BroganExamples of hasten in a Sentence
His death was hastened by alcohol abuse.
hasten the activation of yeast with heat
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Women sometimes drank a tea of juneberry twigs and stems to recover from childbirth, and a tonic made from the plant’s bark was thought to hasten the discharge of the placenta.
—The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2025
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—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 17 June 2025
The book, which Wilson himself later disavowed, may have hastened a legal battle between Landy and Wilson’s family, including his brother Carl, over the musician’s conservatorship.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 11 June 2025
The city already has $1.4 million set aside for the tearing down of the bunker-like structure — now in advanced decay, hastened in recent years by vandalism and looting.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2025
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The Editors, JSTOR Daily, 27 June 2025
That was the point where Sunderland began to fall off the Premier League cliff-edge, and Ndong was a deadweight to hasten their demise.
—The Athletic Uk Staff, New York Times, 17 June 2025
The book, which Wilson himself later disavowed, may have hastened a legal battle between Landy and Wilson’s family, including his brother Carl, over the musician’s conservatorship.
—Chris Morris, Variety, 11 June 2025
The city already has $1.4 million set aside for the tearing down of the bunker-like structure — now in advanced decay, hastened in recent years by vandalism and looting.
—Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 5 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for hasten
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“Hasten.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hasten. Accessed 8 Jul. 2025.
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