Hurried

Word HURRIED
Character 7
Hyphenation hur ried
Pronunciations /ˈhʌɹid/

Definitions and meanings of "Hurried"

What do we mean by hurried?

Moving or acting rapidly. adjective

Required to move or act more rapidly; rushed. adjective

Done in great haste. adjective

Done in a hurry; exhibiting hurry.

Urged on; hastened; going or working at speed adjective

Done in a hurry; hence, imperfect; careless. adjective

 Done in a hurry; rushed. adjective

Simple past tense and past participle of hurry. verb

Moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste adjective

Done in a hurry; rushed.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Hurried

The word "hurried" in example sentences

After that, I knew it would be only a question of time until they would trace you here, and I hurried; oh, I _hurried_! ❋ Francis Lynde (1893)

Callahan said that extends to the actual process of electing a new speaker, which she described as hurried and secretive. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Williams, who had hurried from the floor for medical treatment, came back out to shoot the free throws with his eye already severely swollen. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When he saw them, he hurried from the entrance of his tent to meet them and bowed low to the ground. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Well, hurried is a relative term, since wading through such masses of people was not quick. ❋ Desayunoencama (2004)

He spoke in hurried gasps, as though he had been running violently and far. ❋ Dorothy Leigh (1923)

The six o'clock whistles still reverberated when Sam Arkin hurried down the factory stairs and out to the corner where he was to meet Shenah Pessah. ❋ Unknown (1920)

She was very still for a moment, smiled, trembled from head to foot, blushed scarlet, took her mother by the hand, and without a word hurried to the house. ❋ Thomas Dixon (1905)

Sumner could never have told very precisely what passed after the verdict had been given, save that as in a dizzy dream he heard applause within and cheers without; then he saw the fetters on the wrists of General Benson and saw him hurried from the room between two officers, followed by Major Madison and Aurelia. ❋ Pauline Elizabeth (1902)

But as Edwin hurried Louise away, the look that passed between the two young men was enough to blot out henceforward all friendship, all brotherhood. ❋ Unknown (1897)

Then she tossed back her hair, and without a word hurried to the door, flung it open with a great disregard for the amount of noise she was making and began hauling in Elizabeth's trunk. ❋ R. G. [Illustrator] Vosburgh (1895)

When the emotion has reached breaking point, Tristan rushes into Isolde's arms, and the frantic happiness of the lovers is depicted in short, hurried phrases. ❋ Unknown (1892)

The Indians hurried from the English border, and forced him to run with them nearly the whole way to Fort Duquesne, which afterwards became Fort Pitt, and is now Pittsburg. ❋ William Dean Howells (1878)

I knelt by her as she uttered this; and touching the hem of her garments as some holy thing, hurried from the spot. ❋ Unknown (1875)

As he spoke he hurried from the weeping group, and immerging amid the cliffs, hid himself from their tears and their blessings. ❋ Unknown (1875)

The two solo voices join in a lament of a most touching nature, accompanied by the chorus exclaiming in short, hurried phrases, ❋ Unknown (1876)

I almost wondered at my uncle shooting two more pigeons, as we had already a couple, but I found out the reason when we reached home, as we called it, to find that everything was in its place; no one apparently having entered the hut, from which our black guide now took his spear, and without another word hurried away. ❋ George Manville Fenn (1870)

In a quarter of an hour afterwards, Madame de Lescure heard the shouts "Long live the King!" and the next minute, Henri de la Rochejacquelein hurried into the room, crying, "I have saved you." ❋ Unknown (1864)

He opened the door, went in, laid the shilling on the back of the old woman's hand, and without a word hurried out again, and down to the road. ❋ George MacDonald (1864)

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