How to Use haste in a Sentence

haste

noun
  • The application had been approved with undue haste.
  • The spacemen gave him a stack, shut their hatch, and flew off in haste.
    Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 16 Oct. 2023
  • That can't be done with haste; there's so much of that already.
    Megan Decker, refinery29.com, 20 Feb. 2022
  • But shop with a little haste, as some of these goods are bound to sell out.
    Mark Stock, Men's Health, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Purchases made in haste will be a waste as the moon and Venus clash.
    USA TODAY, 15 Mar. 2024
  • The whole thing, lovely leaps and all, has been achieved without a hint of haste.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 24 Dec. 2021
  • Then, in his haste to get the ball in, Bader lost control of it on the exchange.
    Todd Rosiak, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 May 2021
  • In addition, each of them is most at ease when in haste.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 14 July 2023
  • In his haste to try to turn a double play, Castro let his foot come off the bag a hair too soon.
    Dana Gauruder, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2021
  • It was probably done in a quick haste, just, ‘Hey, it was shut down.
    Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Jan. 2022
  • But in her haste to get baptized and prove her worth, Villanelle still gets in her own way.
    Michael Schneider, Variety, 27 Feb. 2022
  • Occasionally the haste shows; a few of these pieces end up in the weeds.
    Dwight Garner, New York Times, 1 Jan. 2024
  • If the producers are smart, Lynch should have her own Jinx-style spinoff post haste.
    Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 6 Dec. 2022
  • Where is the haste inside the boardroom of a company like Chevron?
    New York Times, 9 Oct. 2021
  • The music moves forward, across, back, and through—but never in great haste.
    Jason Parham, Wired, 23 Dec. 2021
  • Mora fielded the ball cleanly, but missed the bag in his haste to record the out, and Morgan scored the game-winner.
    Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Yes, the shorthand originates with, or comes out of, haste.
    Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 1 Jan. 2023
  • Clark testified that the tone of the email conveyed Flynn’s haste.
    Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Mild days and a lack of freezing nights have allowed the buds to progress through the first half of the bloom cycle with unusual haste.
    Jason Samenow, Washington Post, 9 Mar. 2024
  • It’s the details that can make or break companies and sometimes the small things can be overlooked in haste.
    Katy Wigdahl, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
  • In the haste, guardrails to protect federal money were dropped.
    Aaron Kessler, oregonlive, 12 June 2023
  • In their haste to escape, the occupants of the apartment where the fire started left their front door open behind them.
    Bobby Caina Calvan and Ted Shaffrey, USA TODAY, 9 Feb. 2022
  • Many returns filed right at the deadline are filed in haste, some carelessly.
    Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Folarin’s haste in taking his sons suggests trouble.
    Richard Brody, New Yorker, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Now, the country is working with haste to mitigate the fallout of a threat of heightened duties.
    Kate Nishimura, Sourcing Journal, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Speed, in this context, is less about haste and more about shortening the feedback loop between insight and application.
    Jason Phillips, USA Today, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Due to the haste, my pants garner a ricochet stain or two.
    Matt Moore, Southern Living, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Its abandonment, with powder canisters spilling across the rock, suggested that its owner left in haste.
    Henry Wismayer, Travel + Leisure, 7 Jan. 2026
  • In my closest friend who listens without haste.
    Peter Folan, Boston Herald, 24 Dec. 2025
  • Hundreds of residents and tourists ran away from the gunfire, many throwing off their shoes in their haste to escape.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 14 Dec. 2025

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