Example Sentences

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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

The war is widely thought to have hastened the end of the Soviet Union, at least in part, by stirring disillusionment with its rulers.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 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