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hurried

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1. hurried - Adjective

2. hurried - Verb

Derived from hurry

Meaning

Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed; as, a hurried writer; a hurried life.

Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless; as, a hurried job.

of Hurry

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Then time seemed to stop, or rather to lose its directional urgency of movement; it became a place in the open where one stood rather than a low, narrow corridor down which one was hurried. Fritz Leiber

I'm a better actor now than I ever was, I wish I could have hurried that up, but there's no way. Anyway, I always wanted to be around for a long time. Like a European actor, I hope I live a long time and that I'm acting until I finish. Christopher Walken

When Prussia hurried to the field, And snatch'd the spear, but left the shield. Walter Scott

Nothing new was to be done or learned there, and the world hurried on to its telephones, bicycles, and electric trams. At past fifty, Adams solemnly and painfully learned to ride the bicycle. Henry Adams

And there was one, beneath black eaves, who thought, Combing with lifted arms her golden hair, Of the lover who hurried towards her through the night; And there was one who dreamed of a sudden death As she blew out her light. Conrad Aiken

I do not need your loving words or hurried kiss as night comes down in the place where we once lived innocent as children, and happier. Anna Akhmatova

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