How to Use hasty in a Sentence

hasty

adjective

• I made a hasty sketch of the scene.
• Seeing the dog, the cat made a hasty retreat up a tree.
• We don't want to make any hasty decisions.
• He later realized that he was too hasty in his decision to quit.
• The two were eager to downplay the idea that this was hasty.
  — Aaron Blake, The Seattle Times, 9 Oct. 2018
• No amount of hasty cleanup will erase the words that come from the lips of a commander in chief.
  — Gerard Baker, WSJ, 28 Mar. 2022
• Isn’t this a bit hasty to be talking about the finish line?
  — Tim Cowlishaw, Dallas News, 6 Mar. 2021
• Even so, a hasty plan that goes bad is likely to take you down with it!
  — Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 12 Feb. 2024
• This began, as Lee tells it, in 1941 with a hasty dash out of Hong Kong.
  — Timothy McLaughlin, Wired, 17 Sep. 2020
• He was wrapped in tent canvas and buried in a hasty grave in a churchyard.
  — Dave Philipps, New York Times, 29 May 2017
• The decision to spend ad money on the big game wasn’t hasty.
  — Jabari Young, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
• Don't let your temper or hasty words get the better of you.
  — Aurora Tower, Cosmopolitan, 25 June 2017
• Even with the hasty firing, Linton has no plans to slow down.
  — Kristine Owram, BostonGlobe.com, 8 July 2019
• And the hasty budget changes mean some people will get hurt.
  — Zoë Schlanger, The Atlantic, 11 June 2025
• But that does not mean Oregon Gov. Kate Brown was too hasty.
  — David Hogberg, Washington Examiner, 27 June 2020
• Instead, the call became a hasty pass to Trey Lowe that never had a chance.
  — oregonlive, 19 Dec. 2021
• Still, many analysts think the sell-off has been too hasty.
  — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 26 Jan. 2022
• Such ideas have been floating around for years, but even these are too hasty.
  — The Economist, 24 May 2018
• Tom Thibodeau tried to pause the sudden fall with a hasty timeout.
  — Brian T. Smith, Houston Chronicle, 23 Apr. 2018
• Fight back with this hydrating balm, and watch the redness and the bumps beat a hasty retreat.
  — Esquire, 29 Jan. 2007
• Was there any hasty rewriting of scripts after her death?
  — Kathryn Shattuck, New York Times, 4 Nov. 2022
• That hasty decision to push Lenhard out has come at a cost to the city and its taxpayers.
  — Bryan Schott, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Oct. 2022
• Its creators may have made a hasty exit, Dr. Adali said.
  — New York Times, 12 May 2022
• Ominous clouds billowed over the canyon rim, prompting a hasty retreat to the ramp.
  — Jordan Rodriguez, idahostatesman, 15 May 2017
• As hasty plans go awry and bodies pile up, the chaos starts to feel forced and the tension evaporates.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Sep. 2017
• The underrated Suárez is much more than a consolation prize or hasty pivot, though.
  — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 14 Jan. 2026
• Next year's flowers will grow in any buds that are still viable, so don't be too hasty in cutting them back.
  — Samantha Johnson, Martha Stewart, 13 Jan. 2026
• At the same time, rushing into hasty choices can lead to regrets later on.
  — Hallie Milstein, Southern Living, 28 Dec. 2025
• But while they were welcomed by some, others were critical of the hasty way the government tried to bring them in.
  — Katie Silver, NBC news, 25 Dec. 2025
• Plus, the prezzies will arrive at your (or their) door before the festivities begin and won't look like hasty picks.
  — Jennifer Hussein, Allure, 18 Dec. 2025