haste
noun
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity.
had hasted
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past perfectof haste.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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If we had been in Bethlehem, We too had hasted fain To see the Babe whose little face Knew neither care nor pain.
From A Budget of Christmas Tales by Charles Dickens and Others by Julia Thompson von Stosch Schayer
If Milton had "hasted too eagerly to light the nuptial torch," he had been equally ardent in his calculations of the domestic happiness upon which he was to enter.
From Milton by Mark Pattison
In sweet discourse they sat a little while, When tea was served, in most superior style, Cooper of such a meal had never tasted, Since he from his dear native land had hasted.
From The Emigrant Mechanic and Other Tales in Verse Together with Numerous Songs Upon Canadian Subjects by Thomas Cowherd
Large white butterflies went past them, and a hummingbird whirred into the heart of a wild honeysuckle that had hasted to bloom.
From Audrey by Mary Johnston
Before, when she had run from the Ship, self-excluded, she had hasted to Pudmoor.
From The Broom-Squire by S. (Sabine) Baring-Gould
