haste
noun
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity.
hasting
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present participleof haste.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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Soon they came hasting down the gully, Copstone leading.
From With Drake on the Spanish Main by Herbert Strang
But come near to me, David; I have some last words to say, and there is One at my side hasting me forward.”
From Prisoners of Conscience by Amelia Edith Huddleston Barr
On the morrow there was a great hasting of the Red Branch on the plain of the assemblies.
From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various
Behold! where yonder That honest man, that faithful, brave, Dumont, Is hasting to thy aid— Jane S. Dumont!
From Jane Shore A Tragedy by Nicholas Rowe
“Never hasting, never wasting,” time, nor thought, nor any energy of life.
From A Daughter of the Forest by Evelyn Raymond
