hasten
verb (used without object)
have hastened
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present perfectof hasten.present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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All potential successors have hastened to stress their proximity to the indomitable phenomenon that is López Obrador.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2023
It was unclear whether the man had consumed any of the products available on the course that might have hastened his state, but it delighted passersby either way.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 14, 2022
Regrettably, COVID-19 and the pandemic may have hastened the public’s waning trust in our core institutions.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2022
The pandemic seems to have hastened a worrisome decline at the box office for bread-and-butter dramas, musicals and comedies — everything except leviathan fantasy franchises and the occasional horror movie.
From New York Times ● Dec. 26, 2021
Yet I had spurned him, and I wondered whether my desertion might have hastened his death.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
