hurried
hurried
Definition
hur·ried (hʉr′ēd)
adjective
done or acting in a hurry; rushed or rushing; hasty
hurried
Synonyms
hurried
Usage Examples
Preposition: through
- door: I hurried through the shattered door of the convent.
Modifies a noun
- downstairs: I huddled on my clothes and hurried downstairs in an exceedingly bad temper to order some hot water.
- glance: Space will not admit of our giving more than a hurried glance at the very interesting collection of objects here brought together.
- upstairs: Then slipped inside and hurried upstairs to get myself dry.
- clearance: Baker was left exposed and forced into a hurried clearance and Pickard's first time effort from distance went wide.
- departure: Mutesa made a hurried departure for England where he died three years later.
- exit: The police have searched Hyde's rooms only to find evidence of a hurried exit.
Modifying Another Word
- rather: September 3 rd 1919 There was a rather hurried meeting called at Cavendish to discuss the proposed war memorial.
- then: We all bought Russian dolls ( a must ) then hurried back to the coach stop.
- never: We never hurried people out of the Magic Box like that, even if it was past closing time.
- very: In a very hurried day your page was a ray of sunshine.
- too: My recording session were always too hurried for me.
- little: Even yet she used to send him little hurried smuggled notes, and pop them into the post in private.
Infinitive complement
- get: I stepped up onto the bus and hurried to get the seat at the window.
- go: She hurried to go through, but found the door locked.
Used with adjective complement
- seem: Seems hurried on the time allowed for each session - you will need to slow the pace for discussions.
- feel: The worst we've seen so far by a long way - many of the articles feel hurried.
Preposition: from
- room: With a wave of her hand she dismissed them and they hurried from the room.
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