great haste

Example Sentences

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The crunchy gravel, the chandeliers, the gardens, the grand foyers, the full-length gloves, the piano forte, the needlepoint, the riding boots, the love letters sent in great haste.

From Washington Post • Dec. 22, 2020

I opened my eyes to see Heinz arriving in great haste, crying, “Oh, it’s over, it’s over.”

From The New Yorker • Nov. 4, 2018

Henry David Thoreau raised an eyebrow: “We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate.”

From New York Times • Sep. 14, 2018

As Benjamin Franklin said: “Take time for all things – great haste makes waste.”

From The Guardian • Apr. 22, 2016

But even as they stood there, and the Elves were going aboard, and all was being made ready to depart, up rode Merry and Pippin in great haste.

From "The Return of the King" by J.R.R. Tolkien