How to Use hurry-up in a Sentence

hurry-up

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• Then, for much of the fourth quarter, the Ravens trailed by two scores and were in hurry-up offense.
  — Jeff Zrebiec, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
• Jaylen Waddle then had a 15-yard catch from Tagovailoa in a hurry-up drill.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 6 Aug. 2025
• Think back to that preseason finale, when Dart went viral for miming the hurry-up motion to get him out of the medical tent quickly.
  — Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2025
• The Mariners employed some unorthodox methods in practice this week to prepare for the Dons’ hurry-up offense.
  — Steve Dulas, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
• Or why Miami’s hurry-up offense operated at a snail’s pace while trailing the Steelers by 25 points early in the fourth quarter.
  — Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
• For years, defensive players have faked injuries in order to stop the game clock as a means of stopping offensive momentum and managing substitutions when opposing offenses are in hurry-up mode.
  — Chase Goodbread, The Tuscaloosa News, 20 Aug. 2025
• During that game, Aikman praised McDaniel’s offensive creativity but also criticized the team for not running a hurry-up offense when trailing big in the fourth quarter.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 1 Jan. 2026
• Young and the offense finished on a positive note, as Canales mentioned, with the QB connecting with Sanders in the end zone during a hurry-up period of 11-on-11 drills.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 14 Aug. 2025
• The Fisherman went into hurry-up mode and quarterback Camryn Rodolosi found his tight end, fellow senior captain Gavin Bren in the back corner of the end zone with some nice touch for his first passing touchdown of the year.
  — Erik Anderson, Boston Herald, 27 Nov. 2025
• The ability to move the ball through the air by Richland was also pivotal, as shown in that hurry-up drive just before half led by quarterback Brett Kates, who was making his first start after a year of backup duty to his older brother, Drew.
  — Pat Wheeler, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2025
• Confronted about what was happening to Tagovailoa’s game, and Miami’s inability to run a hurry-up offense with him behind center, McDaniel eventually benched Tagovailoa for the final three games of the season, turning over the team to rookie quarterback Quinn Ewers.
  — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 9 Mar. 2026