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hurrying

  • present participle of hurry.
  • a word derived from hurry.

Example Sentences

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Hurrying away with a friend, he made no comment.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

Hurrying into the gallery: “These artists who do patterns and decorations, it’s like a revolt against the minimalists!”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2020

Hurrying over, the team doctor saw that the injury was to Grimes’s left knee—not the one with tendinitis.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 1, 2017

Hurrying to complete his coaching duties, Mr. Garcia, of Henderson, Nev., deflected their anger by saying he was working on passing during practices.

From The Wall Street Journal • Aug. 25, 2015

Hurrying in, I saw they’d pushed all the parlor furniture back against the walls, Miss Love had put on a new dance record, and by golly she was teaching Grandpa the turkey trot!

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns