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hurrying

  • present participle of hurry.
  • a word derived from hurry.

Example Sentences

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Hurrying away with a friend, he made no comment.

From BBC • Aug. 20, 2025

Hurrying down a staircase, Weezer’s frontman led the way to a computer in his subterranean recording studio, the monitor aglow with lines and lines of code.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2019

Hurrying up to wait is, of course, the fate of most patients, whether or not they have cancer and no matter how impatient they may be.

From New York Times • Dec. 3, 2015

Hurrying to his car to beat the rain, Joe Preston could describe the day’s events only as “awesome.”

From The New Yorker • Sep. 1, 2015

Hurrying forward again, Sam tripped, catching his foot in some old root or tussock.

From "The Two Towers" by J. R. R. Tolkien