How to Use hasty in a Sentence
hasty
adjective
- I made a hasty sketch of the scene.
- Seeing the dog, the cat made a hasty retreat up a tree.
- We don't want to make any hasty decisions.
- He later realized that he was too hasty in his decision to quit.
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No amount of hasty cleanup will erase the words that come from the lips of a commander in chief.
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Gerard Baker,
WSJ,
28 Mar. 2022
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Isn’t this a bit hasty to be talking about the finish line?
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Tim Cowlishaw,
Dallas News,
6 Mar. 2021
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Even so, a hasty plan that goes bad is likely to take you down with it!
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Tarot.com,
Baltimore Sun,
12 Feb. 2024
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This began, as Lee tells it, in 1941 with a hasty dash out of Hong Kong.
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Timothy McLaughlin,
Wired,
17 Sep. 2020
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The decision to spend ad money on the big game wasn’t hasty.
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Jabari Young,
Forbes,
12 Feb. 2023
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Even with the hasty firing, Linton has no plans to slow down.
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Kristine Owram,
BostonGlobe.com,
8 July 2019
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But that does not mean Oregon Gov. Kate Brown was too hasty.
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David Hogberg,
Washington Examiner,
27 June 2020
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Instead, the call became a hasty pass to Trey Lowe that never had a chance.
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oregonlive,
19 Dec. 2021
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Still, many analysts think the sell-off has been too hasty.
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Julia Horowitz,
CNN,
26 Jan. 2022
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Was there any hasty rewriting of scripts after her death?
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Kathryn Shattuck,
New York Times,
4 Nov. 2022
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That hasty decision to push Lenhard out has come at a cost to the city and its taxpayers.
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Bryan Schott,
The Salt Lake Tribune,
25 Oct. 2022
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Its creators may have made a hasty exit, Dr. Adali said.
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New York Times,
12 May 2022
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The company beat a hasty retreat from breakfast, then tried and pulled back twice more in the last two decades.
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Spencer Jakab,
WSJ,
30 Sep. 2022
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At this point, [Mutch and Khuri] were sent back up the gorge to prepare something hot and to strike camp ready for a hasty exit.
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Myke Cole and Michael Livingston,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Feb. 2024
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Not bad for a guy whose slow start sparked hasty panic from some Yankees fans.
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Gary Phillips,
New York Daily News,
26 May 2024
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His own mother and brother back in Guatemala plead with him not to make a hasty move to return home.
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Dallas News,
30 Apr. 2021
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No need to make a hasty decision on such a weighty matter.
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Scott Ostler,
SFChronicle.com,
5 Sep. 2020
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Assumptions that this region will be blown or washed off the map are hasty.
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Ted Caplow,
Sun Sentinel,
6 Aug. 2024
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So the trio of bounty hunters form a hasty alliance in the interest of survival.
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Alex Kane,
USA TODAY,
4 Dec. 2020
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The muddled answer prompted a hasty recess of the council.
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Emily Opilo,
Baltimore Sun,
29 June 2023
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The German government balked at the idea of a hasty action—for one key reason.
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Christiaan Hetzner,
Fortune,
25 Feb. 2020
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Some of the guardsmen say their training was hasty and limited.
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Dallas News,
29 June 2019
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Anything that can smash, like a nice camera, should always be stored in lower bins in the event of a hasty turn or quick stop.
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Josh Max,
Forbes,
3 May 2023
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In a sport that has inherent risks by the nature of the game, the league is in no rush to make a hasty judgment on whether to play football or not.
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Emmett Hall,
sun-sentinel.com,
13 Aug. 2020
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The steering is sure but not overly sharp, the acceleration is solid but not hasty, the brakes stop you in a split second.
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Josh Max,
Forbes,
18 Oct. 2024
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Valya had been hasty to put Lila through the Agony without the necessary training, and now the Harkonnens are both under scrutiny for sacrificing an acolyte so recklessly.
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Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
1 Dec. 2024
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