Example Sentences

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But even a small expansion can stretch both the meal and the night in a way that feels generous and unrushed.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2026

Passengers say the journey on Amtrak’s Southwest Chief is worth it: no TSA lines, ground-level scenery spanning deserts and mountains, and hours of unrushed conversation with fellow travelers.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2026

Stereogum: "Diamond Jubilee is two hours of unrushed wandering through a lo-fi escape, catchy to the point of sticky, tarnishing in its abrasiveness yet sun-baked to perfection."

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2024

And while this took a very long time, Silvern made sure the pace remained unrushed.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2020

All his life, time had been passing in the only way he knew time to pass: unrushed and unrushable, as sands running through an hourglass grain by grain.

From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor