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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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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The process has been deliberate, with no hasty decisions.
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Joe Guillen,
Axios,
19 Sep. 2024
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Reconsider hasty investments as the sun and Mars clash.
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USA TODAY,
14 Oct. 2024
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Yes, there's a lot of ground to cover, but after hasty introductions, the characters scarcely have a chance to breathe.
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Brian Lowry,
CNN,
12 June 2020
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Some scientists worried the move is too hasty, especially since measures like a track-and-trace system to stamp out any outbreaks aren't yet in place.
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Jeffrey Collins,
The Christian Science Monitor,
23 June 2020
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But some scientists worried the move is too hasty, especially since measures like a track-and-trace system to stamp out any outbreaks isn’t yet in place.
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Menelaos Hadjicostis,
Time,
23 June 2020
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The oversight led to the hasty formation of an environmental justice working group to vet the document well into its drafting stages.
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Daniel Cusick,
Scientific American,
4 June 2020
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But the emergence in the Middle East of a quick second wave highlights the risk of hasty re-openings in big population centers with often ill-equipped...
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Stephen Kalin,
WSJ,
11 June 2020
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Critics have also accused the government of being too hasty in reopening shops given still-high levels of daily coronavirus infections.
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Time,
15 June 2020
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The need to follow the rules was made all the more clear after the Orlando Pride had to withdraw from the tournament Monday, forcing a hasty rescheduling of games.
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oregonlive,
26 June 2020
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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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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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