hastily

Example Sentences

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A hastily agreed sale to Swiss trading firm Gunvor was spiked by the Treasury Department, setting off a scramble among other energy companies and investors to buy the potentially lucrative assets.

From The Wall Street Journal

A mere 60 days after he started, the pandemic closed his school and sent students and teachers into a hastily contrived online learning mode.

From Salon

“So people arm themselves and some of those who are armed act hastily when confronted with what they wrongly believe is an imminent danger.”

From Washington Times

Comcast must pick up the pieces after Shell, who had been one of Roberts’ trusted lieutenants for 19 years, hastily departed.

From Los Angeles Times

Feeling the need to provide some political cover and anticipating a political backlash, meetings were hastily organised with the other party leaders.

From BBC