How to Use hurried in a Sentence

hurried

adjective
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  • The general was forced to make a hurried decision.
  • She had a hurried meeting with her advisers before speaking to the press.
  • The play had no chance and Jones' hurried throw bounced in front of Johnson.
    — Art Stapleton, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
  • When Zuerlein was cleared the Cowboys were on a hurried plan to get him some kicks.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • For some, the news came via panicked phone calls and hurried text messages.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022
  • The response was blank looks and some hurried Google searching.
    — Faye Flam, STAT, 23 Feb. 2022
  • J’town got a final shot for the win, but Jaydon Marks-Hackley’s hurried 3-point try at the buzzer missed.
    — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2023
  • For Frost, the hurried measures were the mark of a blatant double standard.
    — Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2021
  • And the effect of that process can be heard in the text, which strides forward with the hurried rhythm of someone speaking to themselves aloud.
    — Colin Asher, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2021
  • The male and female hurried behind the sales counter pushed merchandise off a shelf and into the garbage bags.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2023
  • Janelle Meoño raced up the first-base line, causing a hurried throw on an infield single to sail wide of first base.
    — John McKelvey, The Arizona Republic, 21 May 2021
  • Ibrahim fell down while blocking, popped up to catch a hurried dump-off by Morgan and rumbled for a first down.
    — Star Tribune, 12 Nov. 2020
  • The boy’s small hand waved through the wreckage as a man out walking his dog hurried to the site, climbed through a pile of glass and rebar and promised to get help right away.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2021
  • But those hurried mornings are exactly what the AirStrait was made for.
    — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Ruiz’s throw to second baseman Will Rhine forced out Thomas, but Rhine’s hurried throw to first in a bid to complete the double play was off the mark.
    — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Don’t tell the line cooks at Clyde’s that a sandwich is simply the stuff of lunchboxes and hurried meals at office desks.
    — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
  • By day, the musicians speed-walk a little sightseeing on the way to hurried meals.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
  • Step aside to look at your phone, and remember to stand on the right side of the escalator, so hurried commuters can walk on the left.
    — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2021
  • Herbert wasn’t sacked, rarely hurried and barely touched.
    — Nick Canepacolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Sep. 2022
  • The Gavotte was hurried and sometimes overemphatic, the Gigue definitely in too much of a rush.
    — Dallas News, 23 May 2022
  • Later, Mundell scooped up a hurried Bowie punt and raced 14 yards for his seventh and final touchdown.
    — Randy Jennings, Dallas News, 6 Nov. 2020
  • But all this only reflects a kind of hurried carelessness — 50 or so books in 40-odd years!
    — Robert Gottlieb, New York Times, 6 Nov. 2020
  • In tight quarters, at a hurried pace, with coffins and stretchers streaming past, mistakes are made.
    — New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Yet Stroud was only hurried once, and the Nittany Lions failed to register a sack.
    — Stephen Means, cleveland, 31 Oct. 2021
  • Banks then bought each other in hurried deals in order to keep the crisis from spreading further.
    — Ken Sweet, ajc, 16 Mar. 2023
  • Don’t feel hurried, and make sure vegetables and fruits are in good condition.
    — April Goess, San Antonio Express-News, 8 Apr. 2021
  • Statements obtained by the Free Press recall a smell of smoke and the blinking strobe lights of the fire alarm, followed by a hurried evacuation and the growth of flames.
    — Emma Stein, Detroit Free Press, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Kicker Matt Ruffolo missed a 45-yard field-goal try off the left upright in the first quarter off what appeared to be a bad snap and hurried hold.
    — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 9 Oct. 2022
  • Do away with hurried trips to Staples or the public library, and pick up a capable printer at a sweet price.
    — PCMAG, 20 Nov. 2022
  • Alabama went for two, but Lewis was hurried and underthrew Carruth in the end zone.
    — Creg Stephenson | Cstephenson@al.com, al, 24 Nov. 2022

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