How to Use hurried in a Sentence

hurried

adjective

• The general was forced to make a hurried decision.
• She had a hurried meeting with her advisers before speaking to the press.
• The play had no chance and Jones' hurried throw bounced in front of Johnson.
  — Art Stapleton, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
• The hurried hoofbeats of gods, riding atop the backs of beasts.
  — Demi Adejuyigbe, The New Yorker, 30 May 2017
• The hurried kiss and his tongue latched around my left nipple.
  — Danielle C. Belton, The Root, 29 Apr. 2018
• Telegram had ordered its lawyers to skip the hearing in protest of the hurried process.
  — Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
• When Zuerlein was cleared the Cowboys were on a hurried plan to get him some kicks.
  — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
• The in-store sale starts at 5 p.m. local time when stores open to hurried shoppers.
  — Kelly Tyko, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2019
• As kids head back to school, the morning meal can get lost in the shuffle of more hurried routines.
  — Ashleigh Spitza, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 12 Sep. 2017
• For some, the news came via panicked phone calls and hurried text messages.
  — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 2022
• The response was blank looks and some hurried Google searching.
  — Faye Flam, STAT, 23 Feb. 2022
• King has been in an anxious mood all day, and his room reflects his hurried state of mind.
  — John Blake, CNN, 3 Apr. 2018
• J’town got a final shot for the win, but Jaydon Marks-Hackley’s hurried 3-point try at the buzzer missed.
  — Jason Frakes, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2023
• For Frost, the hurried measures were the mark of a blatant double standard.
  — Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2021
• And the effect of that process can be heard in the text, which strides forward with the hurried rhythm of someone speaking to themselves aloud.
  — Colin Asher, The New Republic, 19 Apr. 2021
• The male and female hurried behind the sales counter pushed merchandise off a shelf and into the garbage bags.
  — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 9 Sep. 2023
• The other is a hurried homemaker who doesn’t want to spend time or effort in the kitchen but still wants to eat good food.
  — Daniel Neman, charlotteobserver, 20 Mar. 2018
• Janelle Meoño raced up the first-base line, causing a hurried throw on an infield single to sail wide of first base.
  — John McKelvey, The Arizona Republic, 21 May 2021
• Her hurried departure is a sore spot with Tom’s son, Edward, who visits Kyra at the top of the show.
  — Matthew J. Palm, OrlandoSentinel.com, 24 June 2017
• Ibrahim fell down while blocking, popped up to catch a hurried dump-off by Morgan and rumbled for a first down.
  — Star Tribune, 12 Nov. 2020
• The boy’s small hand waved through the wreckage as a man out walking his dog hurried to the site, climbed through a pile of glass and rebar and promised to get help right away.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 28 June 2021
• But those hurried mornings are exactly what the AirStrait was made for.
  — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
• Ruiz’s throw to second baseman Will Rhine forced out Thomas, but Rhine’s hurried throw to first in a bid to complete the double play was off the mark.
  — Glenn Graham, Baltimore Sun, 29 Mar. 2023
• Don’t tell the line cooks at Clyde’s that a sandwich is simply the stuff of lunchboxes and hurried meals at office desks.
  — Celia Wren, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2023
• By day, the musicians speed-walk a little sightseeing on the way to hurried meals.
  — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
• Step aside to look at your phone, and remember to stand on the right side of the escalator, so hurried commuters can walk on the left.
  — Meena Thiruvengadam, Travel + Leisure, 1 Mar. 2021
• For a moment, the only sounds were the hurried prayers of the civil servants mumbling under their breath.
  — Rukmini Callimachi, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Apr. 2018
• With three minutes of stoppage time added on to the half’s end, left back Jones got too hurried in playing a ball back toward Frei.
  — Geoff Baker, The Seattle Times, 25 June 2017
• Failure to do so will condemn Washington to a hurried and poorly thought-through approach to ending the war—a mistake the United States has made in every serious conflict it has become embroiled in since 1945.
  — Thomas R. Pickering, Foreign Affairs, 14 Mar. 2023
• The City Charter is too important to change through a hurried, cynical, and politically-motivated process.
  — Donna Lieberman, New York Daily News, 18 July 2024

Last Updated: 15 Dec 2024