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How to use haste in a sentence

32 example sentences · noun, verb

Haste means speed; swiftness; dispatch. Example: “We were running late so we finished our meal in haste.”

Examples of haste by meaning

nounSpeed; swiftness; dispatch.

  • We were running late so we finished our meal in haste.
  • There was a stampede as the congressmen jumped the banister in their hastes to be the first to sign away their souls.2017, Russell M. Peterson, The Armies of Forever, page 368

verbTo move with haste.

  • For a few minutes, the sharp cracking of guns ahead warned them to haste, but finally the reports dwindled to an occasional shot, presently ceasing altogether.1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 133

More sentences with haste

  • In her haste to get to school, she almost forgot her school bag.From the entry in haste
  • The decision had been taken in haste, and hence was the bad outcome.From the entry in haste
  • Marry in haste, repent at leisure.From the entry repent
  • I made haste and grappled up the next branch, determined to get to the top first.2016, Russ Katz, The Principal's Daughter, Dog Ear Publishing, →ISBN, page 5. From the entry grapple
  • He should be stripped of his US citizenship, and deported back to Muslimville, post haste.2006, Mitch, “Re: Arizona: Muslim Attacks Home Depot ...”, in alt.politics.usa (Usenet). From the entry Muslimville
  • The abbot's body was lifted onto a dray and carried thus in haste to the abbotry offices.2000, Robert Brunner, Letters from Martin: Summer, 1252 A.D, →ISBN, page 18. From the entry abbotry
  • Without undue haste, we named him Curtis simply because we liked the name.1999, Bernie Runstedler, Jr., Breezes Against My Brow, General Store Publishing House., →ISBN, page 77. From the entry Curtis
  • They possess none of modern man's neurasthenic haste to import trouble in paradise.1969 February 14, “New Plays: Pilgrims' Regress”, in Time, retrieved 10 Jul 2014. From the entry trouble in paradise
  • Come on now with the samovar ─ and make haste sorting the letter-bag.1919, Ronald Firbank, Valmouth, hardback edition, Duckworth, page 107. From the entry samovar
  • Tweet in haste and repent at leisure.2024 February 7, Christian Wolmar, “LNER's crazy idea will price more people off the railway”, in RAIL, number 1002, page 44. From the entry tweet
  • I was told to get an Iowa license post haste.2018 December 27, Mason Dockter, “A South Dakota man reflects on getting his Iowa license”, in Sioux City Journal, archived from the…. From the entry corona
  • In her haste, she sideswiped the 4x4 truck that was ahead of her as well as two other cars.2012, Curtis L. Alcutt, Fatal Intentions, page 175. From the entry sideswipe
  • It's imperative that these experiments be concluded with haste!1969 July, Roy Thomas, “Betrayal”, in Avengers, volume 1, number 66, Marvel Comics. From the entry adamantium
  • Sondern took the cards and shuffled them with clumsy haste.1958, Ralph Allen, Peace River Country, Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Company, Inc., page 34. From the entry any one
  • Whereupon poor Elaine was so overwhelmed with embarrassment and non-plussedness that she fled with precipitate haste to Vespers . . .1939 December 13, “O’Brien takes notes: For the Record”, in The Agnes Scott News, volume XXV, number 10, Decatur, Ga.: Agnes Scott…. From the entry non-plussedness
  • He made all haste to the building and notified the fire department, who made short shrift of the small conflagration.1918 December 7, “Small Fire at Hallet & Davis”, in John C[hristian] Freund, editor, The Music Trades, volume LVI, number 23, New York…. From the entry short shrift
  • Do you understand?” And, without waiting for a reply: “Make haste; there is ink before you, and paper and a pen.”1913, Edgar Rice Burroughs, The Return of Tarzan, New York: Ballantine Books, published 1963, page 47. From the entry make haste
  • Please make haste, for we wish to catch the bus.” “We have no such thing,” was the surprising answer.1910 May 12, “The King’s Goodies”, in The Youth’s Companion, New England edition, volume 84, number 19, Boston, Mass.: Perry Mason…. From the entry maid-of-honor tart
  • The hunters had packed their belongings with similar haste.1904, Jack London, chapter 32, in The Sea-Wolf (Macmillan’s Standard Library), New York, N.Y.: Grosset & Dunlap, →OCLC. From the entry steerage
  • The Icelander must tell his story in haste; the deeds of men are his care, not their divagations nor their psychologizings.1901, Conrad Hjalmar Nordby, The influence of old Norse literature upon English literature, page 63. From the entry psychologizing
  • “Apparently the bucket heads took off in great haste and knocked a couple of rotorchairs out of the sky as they went.2015, Mark Hodder, The Rise of the Automated Aristocrats, →ISBN. From the entry bucket head
  • She drew from her gloved palm her offering and extended it towards Brother Weldon, who with unclerical haste and noise took the office.1907, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Human Toll (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia…. From the entry unclerical
  • Rāb(ṇ) gave command to his son, Narātǎk, who, with sea-dragons yoked to his chariot and with bow and arrow in hand, marshalled his officers and forces in urgent haste.2013, Judith M. Jacob, The Cambodian Version of the Ramayana, London: Routledge, page 10. From the entry sea dragon
  • Your companion in the passenger seat opens the door, rests the rifle on the hinge, aims — all without haste, because the gazelle is stock still — and fires.2010, John Man, The Great Wall, page 185. From the entry undip
  • Ah, merde, in my haste to hit the streets I brought only five euros, so good mood or not, it's gonna be a cheap-girl day of nonacquisitional pleasure.2006, Kirsten Lobe, Paris Hangover, page 53. From the entry nonacquisitional
  • The case standing hereabouts (as near as I could rough-draw the state of it in this instantaneous haste) let us I beseech you be rather Irenei than Cassandri.1968, John Cotton, Larzer Ziff, John Cotton on the Churches of New England, page 172. From the entry rough-draw
  • 'Not your make,' said the adjutant sternly and started dealing the cards with his white be-ringed hands as though he was in haste to get rid of them.1962 (edition), Leo Tolstoy, Hadji Murat: A Tale of the Caucasus. From the entry make
  • Not desiring to be discovered, we found a fair road close by a wood, withtook ourselves out of it with all haste, and went towards a village.1961, Pierre Esprit Radisson, Arthur T. Adams, The explorations of Pierre Esprit Radisson. From the entry withtake
  • Bradly posed Cora against the incessantly moving patterns of the wash and set to work with nervous haste, alarmed at the difficult problem of water in movement.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 192. From the entry wash

Meaning of haste

  1. noun Speed; swiftness; dispatch.
  2. noun Urgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.
  3. verb To urge onward; to hasten.

Full definition of haste

Questions about haste in a sentence

How do you use haste in a sentence?
Haste is used as a noun and verb. For example: “We were running late so we finished our meal in haste.”
What is a short sentence with haste?
“Marry in haste, repent at leisure.”
What does haste mean?
Haste means speed; swiftness; dispatch.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: haste (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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