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Example sentences for "made haste"

  • After sunset we made haste to seek a camp-ground.

  • It was now near dark, and I made haste to make up my flimsy little tent.

  • Then on the morrow, as soon as he might, he made haste to go down to the Isle of Thorns.

  • Her face grew very pale, and such an expression of pain came into it that Miss Betsy, who saw everything without seeming to look at anything, made haste to add a consoling word.

  • He made haste to reach home, for a dull pain began to throb in his head, and chill shudders ran over his body.

  • Mr. Thurman, a member of the committee that reported it, made haste to announce that he had not approved it.

  • Mr. Fillmore had not been on good terms with General Taylor's Administration, and when he succeeded to the Presidency he made haste to part with the illustrious Cabinet he found in power.

  • This struck me hard, and I made haste, in a kind of penitence, to blot out all the good effect of my last speech.

  • Agesilaus meanwhile, considering that the horse had outridden the foot, but that he himself had the whole body of his own army entire, made haste to engage them.

  • Brutus, as soon as he was assured of the defeat of Cassius, made haste to him; but heard nothing of his death till he came near his camp.

  • Of his justice Tchertop-hanov was, at any rate, fully persuaded; he did not hesitate, he made haste to carry out sentence on the guilty without giving himself any clear definition of whom he meant by that term.

  • I made haste to carry out her desire, and left her the handkerchief.

  • Turning quickly upon Mrs. Carew, I made haste to assure her that our fears were quite unfounded.

  • Much sturdier," I heard her say as I made haste to accost the child.

  • Alarmed, I put out my hand in a soothing gesture, and when her voice stopped and her words trailed off into an inarticulate murmur I made haste to say: "Listen to my little story.

  • I made haste to light a candle, but she begged me not to do it; her voice sounded almost breathless.

  • I made haste to say; 'we will soon have the fugitive back at Buetze.

  • Sans-Cravate, and he made haste to pay for his breakfast and follow the concierge.

  • The African, finding himself not understood, made haste to acquire the language spoken to him.

  • When a good man, addressing himself to the compilation of family records for his children, was constrained to admit that one was unmarried, he made haste to declare that she "lived single by her own choice.

  • Great wealth had suddenly come to him through his tobacco, and he made haste to use and enjoy it.

  • I made haste to grasp her hand, which she did not withdraw, and pressed it affectionately.

  • He motioned that he would obey me, and I made haste to join my friends.

  • More than once, unconsciously perhaps, I had walked in the direction of her house and found myself in front of it; but at such times I made haste to retrace my steps.

  • And he made haste back, and told the king.

  • He made haste to repeat the words, and at the same moment he became a fish again and slipped out into the sea.

  • He made haste then to enter the glass palace, and went up to the young girl and spoke to her.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "made haste" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    gave great; made also; made believe; made choice; made fast; made goods; made great; made into; made king; made known; made mention; made much; made prisoner; made similar; made sure; made thee; made their; made thus; made unto; made upon; made very; made well; made with; new world; reserve corps; suddenly occurred