How to use hurried in a sentence

More sentences with hurried

• He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.From the entry mop
• I summoned the waiter, paid the check, and hurried to leave.From the entry check
• I summoned the waiter, paid the cheque, and hurried to leave.From the entry cheque
• His actions caused alarm among all the other people in the store, who hurried to leave.From the entry alarm
• The weeks leading up to the convention were a whirlwind of preparation and hurried activity.From the entry whirlwind
• Houston had a gut feeling he was being followed, so he hurried to his car.From the entry gut feeling
• He hurried out of his uniform and threw on his civilians.From the entry civilians
• I knocked on a few random editor's doors, but was met by frantic stares and hurried brushoffs.From the entry brushoffs
• I put down my unsipped coffee and hurried to the meeting.From the entry unsipped
• She packed her case rapidly and hurried out.From the entry rapidly
• I woke late and hurried to work unshowered.From the entry unshowered
• "My heavens! That girl'll drive me crazy, sure!" Arline hurried to the door. "Don't take the roof off'n the house," she cried querulously down the stairway. "I'm comin'."From the entry off'n
• “I appreciate your curiosity,” Oliver answers in hurried monotone without inflection or pauses for punctuation.2025 August 4, Dara Kerr, “Jim Acosta interviews ‘made-up’ AI avatar of Parkland victim Joaquin Oliver”, in The Guardian. From the entry oliver
• Barcelona had been harried and hurried and stretched thin by the midway point in the second half.8 May 2019, Barney Ronay, “Liverpool’s waves of red fury and recklessness end in joyous bedlam”, in The Guardian. From the entry hack
• Hans Bach gave him a look, and he cacked his pants and hurried off.2018, B. de Paul, When Angels Rise, →ISBN. From the entry cack
• Without a second thought, the highlander held the leaf monkey in his arms and hurried back home.2015, Kekang He, New Theory of Children’s Thinking Development, →ISBN. From the entry leaf monkey
• I'll inform Lauren,” Bergere said as he hurried out of the office.2014, Art Wiederhold, Hunter: Quebec, →ISBN. From the entry merci
• The air around me clouds up with my hurried breathing, mixed in with my dog team.2013, Heather Terrell, Chronicle: Before the Books of Eva, →ISBN. From the entry sinik
• We all looked up from the maps, silent, and listened to the hurried footsteps in the entryway.2007, Joe Biden, Promises to Keep, New York: Random House, published 2008, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 266. From the entry bam
• People hurried in, nodding to the commissionaire, who still wore a tailcoat and a top hat.2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 8, in The Line of Beauty […], London: Picador, →ISBN. From the entry commissionaire
• Guma quit his midsentence comeback aimed at Stupenagel and hurried from the room.2004, Robert K. Tanenbaum, chapter 25, in Hoax, New York, N.Y.: Atria Books, →ISBN, page 531. From the entry midsentence
• The security men nodded solemnly, executed a quick heel turn, then hurried off.2000, Wendy Etherington, Wedding Bell Blues (Precious Gem Romance; no. 266), New York, N.Y.: Zebra Books, →ISBN, page 155. From the entry heel turn
• If she hurried, she could reach the place in two hours.1999, Ch'ing-wen Cheng, edited by Pang-yuan Chi, Three-Legged Horse, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 127. From the entry P'ing-ting
• Annie gripped the notebook like a lance and hurried out the door.1988, Carolyn G. Hart, “Mid-morning Monday”, in Honeymoon with Murder (A Death on Demand Mystery; 4), large print edition, Waterville…. From the entry squish
• Come on, Meg, maybe he’s found fewmets!” ¶ She hurried after boy and dog.1973, Madeleine L'Engle, A Wind in the Door. From the entry fewmet
• She was at the front door when Monnie hurried from the kitchen carrying a short white box.1946 June, Claire Wallis, “Extra Woman: A Cosmopolitan Novelette”, in Arthur Gordon, editor, Hearst’s International Combined with…. From the entry 'frigerator
• Women left their bannock-baking, their basketweaving and hurried to the shore.1941, Emily Carr, chapter 8, in Klee Wyck. From the entry bannock
• He hurried out, glad to escape, leaving Cora frowning enigmatically under her hair.1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 234. From the entry enigmatically
• Just to prove that he hurried over and untrussed Peter and Uncle Crumplebum.1936, Norman Lindsay, The Flyaway Highway, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, page 68. From the entry untruss
• Martin’s kisses were so hurried and moustachy and bristly—you couldn’t feel his lips, even—and unemotional.1923, Thyra Samter Winslow, Picture Frames, Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., page 224. From the entry moustachy
• I hurried home to the tent—I was batching with a carpenter.1900, Henry Lawson, Over the Sliprails. From the entry bach
• The prisoner of unknown bandits, hurried he knew not whence, a pretty pass for an adventurer.1900, John Buchan, chapter 29, in The Half-Hearted. From the entry pretty pass
• Eager 'fang farriers' hurried forward to scrape the bottoms of the hotboxes and dixies of everything that was left.2022, Chris Pratt, Four Brothers in the Pacific War. From the entry hotbox
• The backporch light turned on and she crossed the lawn and hurried through the gate and out onto the sidewalk.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 40, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 204. From the entry backporch
• With her pistol drawn, she hurried down the ramp and into cover behind one of the landing pad’s walls, listening carefully.2017 November, N. K. Jemisin, Mac Walters, chapter 8, in Mass Effect Andromeda: Initiation, 1st edition (Science Fiction), Titan Books…. From the entry lizard brain
• They hurried across the waiting hall to the departure gates.2016 March, Joseph Kanon, Leaving Berlin: A Novel, New York, N.Y.: Washington Square Press, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 313. From the entry runway
• Stepping into the black and white leather zōris that awaited him under the desk, he hurried from his bedroom.2016, J.A. Marx, chapter 14, in Family Lies Deadly Ties, Prism, →ISBN. From the entry zōri
• Doors opened, food prep clattered, and the crowd rhubarbed as everyone hurried in to get their money's worth.2015 September, Gordon Edgar, “Mac and Cheese, Class War, and the Many Meanings of Cheddar”, in Cheddar: A Journey to the Heart of…. From the entry rhubarb
• The muscle hurried around to stand in front of Gregor.2015, Steven Savile, David Sakmyster, NDE: The Lazarus Inititiative. From the entry paper cut
• He hurried away up the beach, leaving Elizabeth alone with George, who smelled like sun and salt and unstale sweat .2014, Paul Di Filippo, The Great Jones Coop Ten Gigasoul Party, page 51. From the entry unstale

Meaning of hurried

1. adjective Done in a hurry; rushed.

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How do you use hurried in a sentence?

Hurried is used as an adjective. For example: “He ran a comb through his mop and hurried out the door.”

What is a short sentence with hurried?

“I woke late and hurried to work unshowered.”

What does hurried mean?

Hurried means done in a hurry; rushed.