Example Sentences

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Amid the tumble, global banks have hurried to downgrade their 2022 yuan projections.

From Reuters • Apr. 29, 2022

They lead the SEC with 22 sacks and have hurried opposing quarterbacks 109 times — an astonishing average of 18.2 each time out.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2021

Though the prison might have closed eventually, Hurricane Sandy appears to have hurried things along.

From New York Times • Nov. 10, 2015

A five- or even six-man rush would have hurried Mangum and made it difficult for him to get outside the pocket.

From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2015

‘What I saw in the Mirror: trees cut down and all, and my old gaffer turned out of the Row. I ought to have hurried back quicker.’

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien