hasten
verb (used without object)
am hastening
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present progressiveof hasten (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“I am hastening to let you know that the experiments on the production of high speed protons have been successful beyond our expectations,” Lawrence wrote to Dr. Frederick Gardner Cottrell on July 17.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
Weshiñ.—I am the priest Weshiñ, and am hastening on my way to my lord Mitsunaka's palace, whither certain motives guide me.
From Japanese Literature Including Selections from Genji Monogatari and Classical Poetry and Drama of Japan by Epiphanius Wilson
"Show it to me that I may do it at once," he said; "for I am hastening to see my mother."
From The Story-teller by Florence Liley Young
I am hastening with all despatch towards Carlscrona, and I hope to have the honour of hearing from you in my way off Ystad.
From Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez. Vol II by Sir John Ross
And various tribes inhabit these districts, which, as I am hastening to other topics, I think superfluous to enumerate.
From The Roman History of Ammianus Marcellinus During the Reigns of the Emperors Constantius, Julian, Jovianus, Valentinian, and Valens by Charles Duke Yonge
