haste

A team of animal lovers has come to the rescue of pets people left behind in their haste in the area west of the wine-making capital of Bordeaux.

From Barron's ● Jul. 30, 2026

But like Colletti before him, with Walter having purchased the majority stake in the Lakers, Pelinka is going to have to crash the hourglass and build a winner with haste.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 28, 2026

Still, Browne cautioned against haste even as he urged action.

From Salon ● Jun. 26, 2026

In the haste to disrupt the obesity epidemic, weight loss has been treated as the singular, undisputed metric of success, which experts say is problematic.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 17, 2026

I write a few lines in haste to say that I am safe—and well advanced on my voyage.

From "Frankenstein" by Mary Shelley

His erran's deen, as fast as he cu'd spang, hastes to Luckie's howf to join the thrang, An' Luckie smirks her kin'liest welcome ben, Prinkin' her feathers like a tappit hen.

From Legends of the North; The Guidman O' Inglismill and The Fairy Bride by Patrick Buchan

So, borne upon her bow 730 Of myriad hues, unseen, the maiden hastes below.

From The Æneid of Virgil Translated into English Verse by E. Fairfax Taylor by Edward Fairfax Taylor

The glow retreats; done is the day of toil; It yonder hastes, new fields of life exploring; Ah, that no wing can lift me from the soil, Upon its track to follow, follow soaring!

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. 16 by Various

And, behold, yon bird despondingly turns away from his hen, and with whirring wings hastes to convince the woman of his love!

From La Sorcière: The Witch of the Middle Ages by Jules Michelet

But no! for deaf and blind with greed, To the council Judas hastes away, And there repeats in evil trade, The bargain once with Dathan made.

From King of the Jews A story of Christ's last days on Earth by William T. Stead

A group of Templars hasted to him, seized him and repelled him from me.

From Textbooks ● Apr. 19, 2023

It stood still in the midst of the heaven and hasted not to go down.

From Time Magazine Archive

So the sun stood still in the midst of heaven and hasted not to go down about a whole day.

From Time Magazine Archive

They of the city hasted thither, for no whit did they fear those outlanders.

From Tales from the Old French by Various

Over this step most of those who had thus hasted to the fray incontinently stumbled.

From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

These be King's men, hasting after the Master of the Mignons.

From The White Plumes of Navarre A Romance of the Wars of Religion by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett

Her ear had caught the full roar of the forest lower down; the swift rushing of clouds, the moon, to the eye, hasting swifter still, had crossed her vision.

From Shirley by Charlotte Brontë

It was his hasting to bless Esau which drove Rebekah to checkmate him by winning the blessing for her favourite.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Book of Genesis by Marcus Dods

Dost thou lament that life, urg'd-on too quickly, Rolls round its course in hasting revolution?

From The Complete Works of Richard Crashaw, Volume II (of 2) by Richard Crashaw

Sun—or moon—that shines so brightly, 'Tis not sun, or moon that shines so brightly, 'Tis the bridegroom hasting to the marriage.

From An Anthology of Jugoslav Poetry; Serbian Lyrics by Various