Hastening

Examples

• I am much obliged, said Mary, hastening away again, but I have little time for reading. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• And the rays were hastening in in thin lines of light, to return to the strengthened moon, that shook upon the water in triumphant reassumption. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The solitary walk of the last two hours had wrought its effect on me--it had set the idea in my mind of hastening my departure from Limmeridge House. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• I told her the reasons which induced me to think of hastening my departure, exactly as I have told them here. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• The atmosphere was grey and translucent, the birds sang sharply on the young twigs, the earth would be quickening and hastening in growth. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• McPherson was hastening up to join Hovey, but was embarrassed by Hovey's trains occupying the roads. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The station-master had not finished his speech before we were all hastening in the direction of the fire. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• I told Damon I would leave at nine, said Thomasin, hastening out of the room. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Ivanhoe, extricating himself from his fallen horse, was soon on foot, hastening to mend his fortune with his sword; but his antagonist arose not. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
• The man-servant came hastening to the door, and there he was, relieving Gudrun of her umbrella, and then of her raincoat. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Grandfer Cantle exclaimed, jumping up and hastening to the door. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• And, gathering her work together, she was hastening away, when Elizabeth called out: Dear madam, do not go. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
• If anything is done to make you unhappy,--that is a reason for hastening our marriage. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I rushed out, calling loudly for my stepfather, and I met him hastening from his room in his dressing-gown. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Ursula went straight to the station, hastening heedlessly on winged feet. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Let me see her at once, said Mrs. Yeobright, hastening towards the van. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Instead of putting it off and hastening along, she yielded herself up to the pull, and stood passively still. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Hastening to Mrs. Bretton, she questioned herand received the confirmation of my news. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• In half an hour, we were clear of the town and hastening down a country road. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I was hastening ath'art to tell you at once, as I saw you were not there. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• They were married, married in town, and now hastening down to her uncle's. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
• This policy I believe exercised a material influence in hastening the end. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Hastening to his father's court, he paid his best respects, and returning quickly hither, founded this city and its famous baths. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• One morning, as we were hastening to breakfast, we came into Tremont Row, and saw a large crowd in front of two small 'gents' furnishing goods stores. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• But he remembered Gerty's warning words--he knew that, though time had ceased in this room, its feet were hastening relentlessly toward the door. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• I flew up-stairs, hastening the faster as I knew I was followed: they were obliged to come. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• On either side a hundred other menacing craft were hastening toward us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.

Edited by Lelia