The general was forced to make a hurried decision.
She had a hurried meeting with her advisers before speaking to the press.
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After a hurried recovery period in his upstate hospital, Dexter heads to New York City, where his son Harrison (Jack Alcott) has moved.—Ben Travers, IndieWire, 10 July 2025 Here’s how Kansas and Missouri representatives and senators voted in the hurried push to pass President Trump’s massive, controversial spending bill.—Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2025 Ultimately, Trump grew impatient with the diplomatic option and chose to foreclose the possibility of a hurried Iranian nuclear breakout by joining the war and bombing facilities at Fordow, Natanz, and Isfahan.—Ilan Goldenberg, Foreign Affairs, 22 June 2025 Holgorsen has taken well to this state — and to his place in the Nebraska football machine — since a hurried introduction last fall.—Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 20 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for hurried
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