precipitantly
Example Sentences
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He sank a catamaran in a storm in the Mediterranean, after Ann had prayed for three nights on deck while he apologised, precipitantly, for drowning their children.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 4, 2017
But he aimed far higher, precipitantly invaded Tin Pan Alley.
From Time Magazine Archive
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Three false alarms sent him precipitantly into his tree upon this occasion, and one real alarm—a passing boy—caused a fourth retreat.
From The Way of the Wild by Harry Rountree
The same carping students fled precipitantly as soon as Master publicly unloosed in their direction a few shafts from his analytical quiver.
From Autobiography of a Yogi by Paramahansa Yogananda
Caught by the gust of wind, my gentleman from the second story window ran precipitantly into the other.
From An Enemy to the King by Robert Neilson Stephens