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
In 2004, a little more than a year after her quickie wedding to Alexander, Spears began dating backup dancer Kevin Federline.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 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
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
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