Example sentences for: hasty

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

  • It seems that Hussein, who is known to be a careful and balanced leader, was this time impetuous and hasty."

  • (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.)

  • An independent study funded by the Pentagon warned in mid-November that hasty deployment of the system could undermine its eventual success.

  • A guide demonstrates this by pouring water down a tube into the earth, then beating a hasty retreat.

  • "This could be done," the paper said, "either by declaring a state of emergency or a hasty union with Belarus, so that Yeltsin, who cannot by law have more than two terms, could become Federal President--as Slobodan Milosevic did in Yugoslavia when his term as Serbian President finally ran out."


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