No prime minister would currently make a hurried retreat to the 1967 borders.
First is the notion that Big Medicine, that harsh and hurried money-sucking apparatus, is always wrong.
But as malaria, that ancient disease, has reminded us once again, progress – real progress – simply cannot be hurried.
He finally got word of where they were and hurried to see them.
He hurried there with his three children, 9-year-old Nga, 6-year-old Adam and 3-year-old Zohar.
Then, observing his stupefaction and the return of doubt to his mind, she hurried on.
The men jumped to their feet and Uncle Denny hurried to take her bag.
He was approaching Aminta, who, when she saw him, hurried to meet him.
In the morning Nancy hurried up to the Norrises' as soon as she could.
They came from the library and thither Monte-Cristo hurried, followed by his son.
"done in a rush," 1660s, from past participle of hurry (v.). Related: Hurriedly.
1590, first recorded in Shakespeare, who used it often; perhaps a variant of harry (v.), or perhaps a West Midlands sense of Middle English hurren "to vibrate rapidly, buzz," from Proto-Germanic *hurza "to move with haste" (cf. Middle High German hurren "to whir, move fast," Old Swedish hurra "to whirl round"), which also perhaps is the root of hurl. Related: hurried; hurrying.
c.1600, probably from hurry (v.).
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