in a hurry

phrase

: without delay : as rapidly as possible

the police got there in a hurry

Examples of in a hurry in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The Bears' defense is in a hurry to improve this week after giving up 37 points to Carolina in Week 1. — Jori Parys, CBS News, 18 Sep. 2026

The Saints weren’t even in a hurry-up offense when the Lions were struggling. — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 17 Sep. 2026

After a promising start, with a takeaway on the Bears’ first possession, the wheels came off Ejiro Evero’s defense in a hurry. — Joseph Person, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2026

Overhead, airplanes screech across a fat blue sky in a hurry to who knows where. — Jason Parham, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1700, in the meaning defined above