hurry
verb (used without object)
to move, proceed, or act with haste (often followed byup ).
had hurried
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past perfectof hurry.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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It might be something plain, which “The Eye had hurried by.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026
A campervan lurking in the parking lot had flashed its headlights at the pilot, and the driver had hurried out to help carry a bundle from the boat.
From Slate ● Jul. 22, 2025
News accounts swiftly emerged that he had hurried back for a reunion that evening of old friends at a posh private club.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2021
Haskins went to the locker room for X-rays, where he met Snyder, who had hurried down from the owner’s suite full of solicitousness.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2019
After her son had hurried her off the phone, she’d walked over to Vivian’s room.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
