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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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Eddington and his group hastily captured images of a star cluster found near the Sun that day, called the Hyades, found in the constellation of Taurus.
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Rebecca Boyle, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
The doctors, along with other critics of the government, say the plan was hastily put together to win votes in legislative elections this month.
—Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
But in Indiana, state policymakers hastily passed a law earlier this year to roll back wetlands regulations, at the urging of developers and farm groups who said such rules were overly burdensome.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
But the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine is arguing that the agency acted hastily and politically when approving the medicine and later reducing prescribing limits.
—Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 26 Mar. 2024
Stoking the intrigue further, a day later the British Army posted — and then hastily deleted — a statement saying that Kate would attend its Trooping the Color ceremony on June 8.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2024
As Earhart and Stultz made their way in the Friendship to Newfoundland, the closest North American landmass to Europe, Boll hastily arranged for a new pilot and sprinted north in the Columbia.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
In frigid weather, 161 households had to be hastily evacuated.
—Mya Frazier, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
But his mascara appeared to have been hastily applied on the side of his eyes, blending up into his eyebrows where either eyeliner or eyeshadow should be.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
Rebecca Boyle, TIME, 8 Apr. 2024
The doctors, along with other critics of the government, say the plan was hastily put together to win votes in legislative elections this month.
—Jin Yu Young, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2024
But in Indiana, state policymakers hastily passed a law earlier this year to roll back wetlands regulations, at the urging of developers and farm groups who said such rules were overly burdensome.
—Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
But the Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine is arguing that the agency acted hastily and politically when approving the medicine and later reducing prescribing limits.
—Sarah Owermohle, STAT, 26 Mar. 2024
Stoking the intrigue further, a day later the British Army posted — and then hastily deleted — a statement saying that Kate would attend its Trooping the Color ceremony on June 8.
—Alexander Smith, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2024
As Earhart and Stultz made their way in the Friendship to Newfoundland, the closest North American landmass to Europe, Boll hastily arranged for a new pilot and sprinted north in the Columbia.
—Shoshi Parks, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
In frigid weather, 161 households had to be hastily evacuated.
—Mya Frazier, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
But his mascara appeared to have been hastily applied on the side of his eyes, blending up into his eyebrows where either eyeliner or eyeshadow should be.
—Esme Mazzeo, Peoplemag, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Hastily.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hastily. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.
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