great haste
Example Sentences
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The crunchy gravel, the chandeliers, the gardens, the grand foyers, the full-length gloves, the piano forte, the needlepoint, the riding boots, the love letters sent in great haste.
From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2020
I opened my eyes to see Heinz arriving in great haste, crying, “Oh, it’s over, it’s over.”
From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2018
Henry David Thoreau raised an eyebrow: “We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate.”
From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2018
In great haste, three days later Syria agreed to join the 1997 Chemical Weapons Convention.
From The Guardian • Apr. 18, 2018
In the very last gray of the day, he could see Alice stumbling across the grass in great haste, carrying Lyra.
From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman
