was hasting
- past progressive of haste.
Example Sentences
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Such a man deemed himself safer in the hands of his foes than of his friends, so was hasting not to his farm but to far-off Pretoria.
From With the Guards' Brigade from Bloemfontein to Koomati Poort and Back by Lowry, Edward P.
In another moment I was hasting down the road, looking on all sides for a cab.
From First Person Paramount by Pratt, Ambrose
While this scene was enacting in the cottage, I was hasting up from the beach, where the lifeboat men had rendered good service that night.
From Shifting Winds A Tough Yarn by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
NOW when Dawn in robe of saffron was hasting from the streams of Oceanus, to bring light to mortals and immortals, Thetis reached the ships with the armour that the god had given her.
From The Iliad by Homer
To such reflections she was hasting with bent head back to her cottage, And trying to avoid a meeting with any of the few men and women about so early.
From A Daughter of Fife by Barr, Amelia Edith Huddleston
