haste
noun
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity.
hastes
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present tense formof haste (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Back hastes Æneas to his friends, and they 1072 Straight to Caieta steer, and anchor in her bay.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor
His erran's deen, as fast as he cu'd spang, hastes to Luckie's howf to join the thrang, An' Luckie smirks her kin'liest welcome ben, Prinkin' her feathers like a tappit hen.
From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Patrick Buchan
Hearing his shout, Duke Naimes hastes up, and brings The charger Tecendur for Carle the great To mount.
From La Chanson de Roland : Translated from the Seventh Edition of Léon Gautier by Léonce Rabillon
Pleased to wear the crown, A forum good Acestes hastes to frame, And laws to gathered senators proclaim.
From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor
She the acquaintances she loves, Her spacious fields and shady groves, Another visit hastes to pay.
From Eugene Oneguine [Onegin] A Romance of Russian Life in Verse by Henry Spalding
