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 archivist who found the 44-page file, Włodzimierz Lechnio, thinks that is jumping to a hasty conclusion.
  — Drew Hinshaw, WSJ, 22 Oct. 2020
• After some hasty arrangements, Vinson procured a bass and walked into the studio to meet the former Beatle.
  — Douglas C. Towne, The Arizona Republic, 10 Nov. 2020
• However, hasty investment decisions can lead to poor allocation of resources.
  — Andy Busser, Forbes, 3 Sep. 2024
• Trustees who spoke with The Baltimore Sun said allegations that the decision was hasty or ill-conceived are incorrect.
  — Christine Condon, baltimoresun.com, 23 Oct. 2020
• Making the hasty investigation even sketchier was the fact that the Lexus that the police discovered was registered in Michelle's name, not her mother's.
  — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 26 Oct. 2020
• 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
• The decision to spend ad money on the big game wasn’t hasty.
  — Jabari Young, Forbes, 12 Feb. 2023
• 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
• 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
• The company beat a hasty retreat from breakfast, then tried and pulled back twice more in the last two decades.
  — Spencer Jakab, WSJ, 30 Sep. 2022
• At this point, [Mutch and Khuri] were sent back up the gorge to prepare something hot and to strike camp ready for a hasty exit.
  — Myke Cole and Michael Livingston, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 Feb. 2024
• Not bad for a guy whose slow start sparked hasty panic from some Yankees fans.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 26 May 2024
• His own mother and brother back in Guatemala plead with him not to make a hasty move to return home.
  — Dallas News, 30 Apr. 2021
• Assumptions that this region will be blown or washed off the map are hasty.
  — Ted Caplow, Sun Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
• So the trio of bounty hunters form a hasty alliance in the interest of survival.
  — Alex Kane, USA TODAY, 4 Dec. 2020
• The muddled answer prompted a hasty recess of the council.
  — Emily Opilo, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2023
• Anything that can smash, like a nice camera, should always be stored in lower bins in the event of a hasty turn or quick stop.
  — Josh Max, Forbes, 3 May 2023
• The predominance of grease in the American kitchen, coupled with the habits of hasty eating . .
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 9 Oct. 2023
• Jim’s hasty decision to just cover Elric’s body with a tarp and leave him at the camp is going to come back to haunt him.
  — Kelly McClure, Vulture, 28 Dec. 2021
• The Taliban rapidly regained control of the country amid the hasty exit of U.S. forces last month.
  — Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2021
• That would surely deter hasty marriages that routinely shipwreck.
  — Bruce Fein, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 20 Oct 2024