the hastily put together report contained a lot of errors
the congresswoman hastily made her way towards the waiting elevator
Recent Examples on the WebResidents also hastily prepared rice balls and threw them into the river to stop fish from eating Qu Yuan’s body.—Michelle Tchea, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024 Field anthropologists had hastily collected the items in the late 19th century, assuming, chillingly, that the cultures of their origin wouldn’t last.—Andrew Johnston, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2024 Now, the guardrails need to be hastily built to keep the technology from running the music industry off the tracks.—Jabari M. Evans, The Conversation, 30 May 2024 An alert neighbor had seen two men approach Morantz’s house and put something hastily in his mail slot before driving away in a green sedan.—Christopher Goffard, Los Angeles Times, 29 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for hastily
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