hurrying

Example Sentences

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Some Iranians, hurrying about their day, demurred from speaking.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

The following day, a 30-year-old ski patroller named Cole Murphy was with a team of colleagues hurrying to clear the freshly fallen snow from a series of expert slopes known, appropriately, as the Avalanche Chutes.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 6, 2026

From its opening, in 1999, the narrative briefly advances to 2002 and Siri’s glimpse of a young man hurrying away from a homeless encampment.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

We’re most vulnerable when we’re hurrying to check things off the to-do list and get a good deal, especially one too good to be true.

From Salon • Dec. 21, 2024

When he heard that Theseus was pursuing him, instead of hurrying away he turned around and went to meet him, with the intention, of course, of deciding then and there which was the better man.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton