Example Sentences

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Nor does delay The colour of my hasteful business suit.

From André by Moses, Montrose Jonas

“Now, then, do be hasteful, Rose Allen; I’m that weary!”

From The King's Daughters by Holt, Emily Sarah

Miss Kimpsey was inclined to forgive a greater delay, with this evidence of hasteful preparation going on overhead.

From A Daughter of To-Day by Duncan, Sara Jeannette