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hurried
/ ˈhʌrɪd /
adjective
- performed with great or excessive haste
a hurried visit
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Derived Forms
- ˈhurriedly, adverb
- ˈhurriedness, noun
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Other Words From
- hurried·ly adverb
- hurried·ness noun
- over·hurried adjective
- over·hurried·ly adverb
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Example Sentences
Davis was one of the last ones out and hurried to follow the other hostages, who were being marched down the thoroughfare.
It was nearing naptime and so the three hurried to grab groceries, worrying that the baby would get fussy after too long.
He hurried back and learned that a group of young men had come in after filming a rap video out on Webster Avenue.
State officials, military and aviation experts in both countries hurried to shift the blame for the catastrophe.
I ran the usual diagnostic tests and had the usual conversations and hurried importantly along the endless hospital corridors.
Hoosier hurried on board the boat, and followed Dick's instructions to the letter.
At Felipe's cry, the women waiting in the hall hurried in, wailing aloud as their first glance showed them all was over.
A small contingent of the members hurried off to applaud the successful comic opera of the hour.
How long he lay there he did not know, but he opened his eyes when from the outside he heard hurried footsteps.
He hurried to the Hotel d'Ettres; but the scenes of careless gaiety he saw there, seemed only to chafe his mind.
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