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
As Benjamin Franklin said: “Take time for all things – great haste makes waste.”
From The Guardian ● Apr. 22, 2016
Someone was running in great haste down an echoing stairway overhead.
From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien
