hastily

Example Sentences

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Having been taken ill during a pre-season match for Leicestershire against Cambridge University, the England international batter drove back to Nottingham for a hastily arranged doctor appointment he hoped would clear up the issue.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

That is, an incorrect fact in hastily produced copy—intended, at the end of the day, to capture as many eyeballs as possible rather than to inform—can all too easily be repeated by an LLM.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2026

Victors went beyond checking off a list of hastily scrawled names to thanking entire categories of people: women, ancestors, Koreans, audiences.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2026

With flights scrapped and travellers stranded or hastily repatriated, the war is also hammering tourism in a region that has become a prized destination for holidaymakers worldwide.

From Barron's • Mar. 5, 2026

Sounds of someone walking hastily through underbrush across the river.

From "Homecoming" by Cynthia Voigt