quickie

Example Sentences

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Deeply saddened by his passing, as many millennials were, I walked to the bathroom for a quickie corporate cry.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2026

Lately, she’s been teaching classes on making bagels — not the quickie recipe, but the overnight version.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 21, 2023

And so in September, Marie went down to Tijuana to get a quickie divorce, which was very popular back then.

From Scientific American • Apr. 20, 2023

I’m not saying there are quickie backlot black-and-white adventure movies from 90 years ago with more visual breadth, color range and compositional tension than “65,” but, OK, well, yes, I am saying that.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 9, 2023

Then he went to Reno, Nevada, and got himself a quickie divorce.

From "The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother" by James McBride