Example sentences for: hasty

How can you use “hasty” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • They, who have lately written with most care, have, I believe, taken the rule of Horace for their guide; that is, not to be too hasty in receiving of words, but rather to stay till custom has made them familiar to us:

  • (The NYT observes that Clinton's "hasty presentation . . . suggested the idea had been cobbled together quickly"--perhaps to deflect attention from Starr's new releases.)

  • If, on reflection, you want to withdraw what I hope you'll acknowledge was a hasty and careless characterization, you can do so here.

  • As on the flag, he was roundly attacked by conservatives and beat a hasty retreat to a more orthodox Republican position.

  • Gates drafted his 216-page memoir, Colored People (1994), in six weeks, though thought the final result reflected the hasty composition.


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