hasty
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He described the car and then boomed out his order over the airwaves, “Don’t be so hasty there. … Don’t crowd!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026
Adults may be equally guilty of hasty reading, judging by emails that this writer receives.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 13, 2026
For Nairobi resident Lima Kabura, whose husband is Tanzanian, the president's remarks were just too hasty.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2026
The author’s authoritative tone is undermined by the odor of hasty research.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 1, 2026
Isa called down to her preoccupied parents as her siblings made a hasty exit up the stairs.
From "The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street" by Karina Yan Glaser
The FDA reached its decision in 97 days, about 40 percent of the usual timeline for such a review, but wisely refused to be browbeat into a hastier conclusion.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 23, 2021
Other nations, reckoning with their own wrongdoings, have been far hastier to arrive at this point.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 31, 2017
"The Delhi government is already working toward tackling this situation and now that we've picked up this report, the government will take hastier steps to tackle the situation," A.K.
From Reuters ● Feb. 13, 2012
Scarcely were the words out of his mouth than Ridgway was proved a greater exaggerator and hastier reporter than Hanley.
From Time Magazine Archive
My lunch was hastier than usual, and I was about to sally forth when it flashed across me—'Suppose the bird should be there again, who would believe my story?
From The Foot-path Way by Bradford Torrey
When one of the creatures got through, Connery beat the hastiest of retreats.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2020
It was the hastiest state visit the U.S. had ever laid on.
From Time Magazine Archive
Alex Smith beat the hastiest retreat since Xerxes fled to the Hellespont.
From Time Magazine Archive
He always was quick on the trigger, but I'll be darned if that wasn't about the hastiest move I ever saw him make.
From Red Pepper's Patients With an Account of Anne Linton's Case in Particular by Grace S. (Grace Smith) Richmond
Even the hastiest survey of that long and interesting period enables the student to notice a marked development in the theory and practice of excommunication.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 1 "Evangelical Church Conference" to "Fairbairn, Sir William" by Various
Vocabulary lists containing hasty
A Need for Speed: Synonyms for "Fast"
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"The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" by Katherine Anne Porter
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