unhastened
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a word derived from
hasten.
Example Sentences
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The clatter of his own steady, unhastened heart-beat was all that broke upon the stillness.
From Initials Only by Anna Katharine Green
Their passing in the darkness was accompanied by the sound of the unhastened tread of many hobnailed boots.
From "And they thought we wouldn't fight" by Floyd Gibbons
Even thus Turnus draws lingeringly backward, with unhastened steps, and soul boiling in anger.
From The Aeneid of Virgil by Virgil
The day went on, as days will go, unstayed, unhastened by the human souls, through which they glide silent and awful.
From David Elginbrod by George MacDonald
Linda listened to her heart but it was unhastened by a beat.
From Linda Condon by Joseph Hergesheimer