Hastens
[heɪsənz]
Examples
- Himself has hitherto sufficed to the toil, and the toil draws near its close: his glorious sun hastens to its setting. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- If Mr. Snagsby hastens home to save his little woman the trouble of looking for him, he might set his mind at rest on that score. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- It cannot promote health nor ease pain; it makes no increase of merit in the person; it creates envy; it hastens misfortune. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- All that surrounds him hastens to decay; all declines and degenerates under his sceptre. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Volumnia hastens to express her opinion that the shocking people ought to be tried as traitors and made to support the party. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
Edited by Lelia