Example Sentences

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The speed with which Prince Harry has hurried from California to visit his father in the UK appears significant.

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2024

Microsoft has incorporated OpenAI’s artificial intelligence tech into its products, such as its Bing search engine, while Google has hurried to compete in the AI arena.

From Washington Times • Mar. 15, 2023

That has hurried along infrastructure spending on highway and light-rail construction and expansion of Hamad International Airport.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 27, 2022

Fast but not fast enough, far but not far enough to satisfy his rage to live, John Dos Passes has hurried about the world, a perennial seeker after the truth about his time.

From Time Magazine Archive

He has hurried to find me a knife to sharpen my pencil.

From "Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti" by Frances Temple