haste
noun
swiftness of motion; speed; celerity.
is hasting
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present progressiveof haste (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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See, see, the enamour'd sun is hasting on apace to his expecting mistress, while thou dull Night art slowly lingering yet.
From Love-Letters Between a Nobleman and His Sister by Aphra Behn
Cupid— I thank you, Frosties, for your song and story About the Northern Lights in all their glory; But time is hasting on, I must be going.
From The Last West and Paolo's Virginia by G. B. Warren
Courage! for life is hasting To endless life away; The inward fire, unwasting, Transfigures our dull clay!
From The poetical works of George MacDonald in two volumes — Volume 2 by George MacDonald
Look! the tireless sun is hasting Toward the zenith, and the day, Which in vanity thou'rt wasting, Speedeth rapidly away!
From Poems of the Heart and Home by J. C. Yule
I hope the soldiers of Capua shall follow our faction, for Sylla, hearing of these hurly-burlies, is hasting homeward, very fortunate in his wars against Mithridates.
From A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume 7 by Various
