hasten

[US]/ˈheɪsn/
[UK]/ˈheɪsn/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. urge; make someone hurry; speed up

vi. hurry; act quickly

Example Sentences

he hastened to refute the assertion.

we hastened back to Paris.

I hasten to respond to your invitation.

I hasten to say that he is not hurt.

They hastened to Kobe to rejoin the ship.

The boy hastened to support his mother.

Put the hot broth in the refrigerator for an hour to hasten cooling.

It was now obvious that he was hastening to restore the keys to their owner.

I hasten to add that I knew nothing of the fraud at the time.

Her row with the MD probably hastened her departure.

fanned the wet paint to hasten drying.See Synonyms at speed

The deathbed struggles of the enemies can only hasten their own doom.

"He told her about the accident, but hastened to add that no one was hurt."

When the mistake was pointed out to him, he hastened to correct it.

He hastened to assure us that the press would not be informed.

The manager hastened to point out that his products were far superior to others.

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I will not dwell on, nor mourn over, our untimely decay, nor reproach my paleface brothers with hastening it as we too may have been somewhat to blame.

Real-world Examples

It is nothing, she said as I hastened to pour her out some water.

Source: The Sign of the Four

There were three, therefore, that did not go; the others hastened on.

Source: Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales

Pompey's soldiers deserted him and hastened to join Caesar's army.

Source: Oxford Shanghai Edition High School English Grade 12 Second Semester

Past pandemics, research suggests, have hastened automation.

Source: The Economist (Summary)

The father hastened his children off to bed.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

He hastened across the grass, and came near to the child.

Source: Selected Fairy Tales by Oscar Wilde

" It is he" ! repeated my father, hastening his steps.

Source: Education of Love

He hastened to take it off, but it was knotted very tightly.

Source: Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

She hastened through the city, with terror in her heart.

Source: American Elementary School English 6

At first the passengers were quite frightened, but Captain Anderson hastened to reassure them.

Source: Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (Original Version)

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