haste

Example Sentences

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"Parliament members now need to make haste so that they can bring in skilled, honest and deserving candidates to the seats reserved for women in parliament."

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2026

But he argued that the transition was launched in haste, pointing to a shortage of teachers, as well as teaching guides and materials.

From Barron's • Feb. 6, 2026

Turns out, Thollander was right: This experience had nothing to do with haste.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 5, 2026

If I were unlucky enough to do so, I’d instantly lose my appetite, spitting out those pungent, peppery seeds with such haste and chugging glasses of water in an attempt to clean my palate.

From Salon • Jan. 25, 2026

Then he entered in haste, and made a bed of furs that he took out of an old chest, and built up a fife, and cleaned Therem’s wounds and bound them.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin