hasten
Origin of hasten
Synonyms for hasten
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urge, accelerate, precipitate, expedite, quicken, clip, gallop, skip, bound, dispatch, dash, sprint, trot, scamper, goad, leap, bustle, hustle, plunge, runExamples from the Web for hasten
Contemporary Examples of hasten
“This has got to be the oldest way in the human race to hasten death,” he said.
As I hasten to reassure these exasperated moms and dads, I had to be in the office anyway.
And his election would not hasten the Republican apocalypse.
But fluctuations of mere feet during its flood season could sustain the rise of empires, or hasten their fall.
The result was that “The sun stayed in the midst of heaven, and did not hasten to go down for about a whole day.”
‘The Principle’: Geocentrism is What Real Biblical Literalism Looks LikeKarl W. Giberson
April 10, 2014
Historical Examples of hasten
And now, fair sir, I must hasten back to see how my rogues have fared with the brawn.
The White CompanyArthur Conan Doyle
This event, if his wife live with you, it may be in your power to hasten.
Lady SusanJane Austen
But he never had the time; he always had to hasten home to get to work.
Samantha Among the Brethren, Part 4.Josiah Allen's Wife (Marietta Holley)
So let us hasten to this institution, and participate this divine joy.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IIFrancis Augustus Cox
But we must hasten to the remarkable subject of their conversation.
Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. IFrancis Augustus Cox