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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But when Ava makes a bathroom trip, Deb hastily scribbles something in her notepad.
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Judy Berman, Time, 29 May 2026
Attackers also burned down one of the patient-isolation tents hastily erected on the hospital grounds, before soldiers dispersed them by firing warning shots.
—Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 28 May 2026
Hindsight might be a kicker that those who pulled the ripcord on a major in computer science hastily missed the boat.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Important parts of a patient’s history can be too hastily discounted as red herrings; test results can come back that don’t easily fit with the story that has been told.
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
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Judy Berman, Time, 29 May 2026
Attackers also burned down one of the patient-isolation tents hastily erected on the hospital grounds, before soldiers dispersed them by firing warning shots.
—Emmet Livingstone, NPR, 28 May 2026
Hindsight might be a kicker that those who pulled the ripcord on a major in computer science hastily missed the boat.
—Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Important parts of a patient’s history can be too hastily discounted as red herrings; test results can come back that don’t easily fit with the story that has been told.
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
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 7 Jun. 2026.
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