hasten
verb (used without object)
was hastening
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past progressiveof hasten.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Schwartz said Lanza may have been starving himself and that his anorexia probably was hastening his mental as well as physical deterioration.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 9, 2018
One example of policy drift was Panama, where the U.S. was hastening to make concessions after a series of riots.
From Time Magazine Archive
To back up these warlike words, Chang Tso-lin was hastening last week the advance southward of an army commanded by his son, Marshal Chang Hsueh-liang.
From Time Magazine Archive
But many a retailer was hastening to clear his shelves of high-priced goods.
From Time Magazine Archive
And, gathering her work together, she was hastening away, when Elizabeth called out:
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
