- present perfect progressive of hurry.
Example Sentences
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People have been hurrying the Clintons’ generation off the stage for a while: Time magazine declared the “Twilight of the Boomers” in a headline in 2000.
From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2016
Executives have been hurrying to use their stock options because shares have surged in recent weeks and holders want to lock in their profits.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Last week Francisco Padron, the director of Cuba's state-owned tobacco company, proposed a televised taste test to snuff out speculation that Cuba's cigar factories have been hurrying the curing process and producing mediocre products.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Spurred by visions of a new way to capitalize on rap's mainstream acceptance, record labels have been hurrying to develop other promising female rappers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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And this morning since six I have been hurrying to get off boxes and things ordered by some Americans for a ship which sails at noon.
From The Golden Silence by Williamson, A. M. (Alice Muriel)