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 hurried kiss and his tongue latched around my left nipple.
    — Danielle C. Belton, The Root, 29 Apr. 2018
  • The Chiefs blitzed just to force a hurried throw from Hurts.
    — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 14 Sep. 2025
  • Stride can be a little hurried/sway a fair amount in straight lines but great on cuts/edges.
    — Scott Wheeler, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
  • His gait becomes hurried, and a more waddling gait can be seen.
    — Michael Ruiz , Greg Norman, FOXNews.com, 16 Dec. 2025
  • The hurried hoofbeats of gods, riding atop the backs of beasts.
    — Demi Adejuyigbe, The New Yorker, 30 May 2017
  • For some, the news came via panicked phone calls and hurried text messages.
    — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 12 Sep. 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
  • Telegram had ordered its lawyers to skip the hearing in protest of the hurried process.
    — Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The response was blank looks and some hurried Google searching.
    — Faye Flam, STAT, 23 Feb. 2022
  • The play had no chance and Jones' hurried throw bounced in front of Johnson.
    — Art Stapleton, USA TODAY, 23 Nov. 2021
  • 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
  • When Zuerlein was cleared the Cowboys were on a hurried plan to get him some kicks.
    — Calvin Watkins, Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2021
  • Using chicken cutlets helps this dish cook up quickly on hurried nights.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Using chicken cutlets helps this dish cook up quickly on hurried nights.
    — Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2025
  • By contrast, Spencer crossing the ocean in the space of an hour feels downright hurried.
    — Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 23 Feb. 2025
  • In tight quarters, at a hurried pace, with coffins and stretchers streaming past, mistakes are made.
    — New York Times, 4 Mar. 2021
  • Wilson isn’t a hurried playwright.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2026
  • 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
  • By day, the musicians speed-walk a little sightseeing on the way to hurried meals.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • For Frost, the hurried measures were the mark of a blatant double standard.
    — Benjamin Mueller, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Nov. 2021
  • But those hurried mornings are exactly what the AirStrait was made for.
    — Alyssa Brascia, Peoplemag, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Where the first was hurried and fumbling, the couple take their time, prolonging the foreplay.
    — Amy Wilkinson, Vulture, 23 Nov. 2024
  • Other sailors, believing the ship was under attack, hurried to man the guns.
    — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 18 June 2017
  • 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
  • No desks stacked with laptops, no hurried haggling over prices in tight booths, no sense that collectors were racing against the clock.
    — Manal Albarakati, semafor.com, 9 Feb. 2026
  • 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

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