Haste can be categorized as a noun and a verb.
Verb |
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| haste - To urge onward; to hasten. | ||
| haste - To move with haste. | ||
Noun |
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| haste - the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book" | ||
| haste - overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste" | ||
| haste - a condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door" |
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| 1. | noun | In his haste to leave he forgot his book. | |
| 2. | noun | He soon regretted his haste. | |
| 3. | noun | There is an old saying that applies in this situation: "Act in haste, repent at leisure." | |
| 4. | noun | Make haste, and you will be in time. | |
| 5. | noun | Make haste, or you will be late. | |
| 6. | noun | More haste, less speed. | |
| 7. | noun | Having been written in haste, his letter was hard to read. | |
| 8. | noun | Having been written in haste, the book has a lot of errors. | |
| 9. | noun | As it was written in haste, the book has many faults. | |
| 10. | noun | As it had been written in haste, the report was poor. | |
| 11. | noun | As it was printed in haste, the book has many misprints. | |
| 12. | noun | Haste makes waste. | |
| 13. | noun | That sort of thing can happen when you are in haste. | |
| 14. | noun | All my haste was in vain. | |
| 15. | noun | If the tip was a dime in one glass, the waitress, in her haste to get the table ready for the next customer, would pick up the glass, the water would spill out, and that would be the end of it. |
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| In his haste to leave he forgot his book. |
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| He soon regretted his haste. |
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| There is an old saying that applies in this situation: "Act in haste, repent at leisure." |
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| Make haste, and you will be in time. | |
| Make haste, or you will be late. | |
| More haste, less speed. | |
| Having been written in haste, his letter was hard to read. | |
| Having been written in haste, the book has a lot of errors. | |
| As it was written in haste, the book has many faults. | |
| As it had been written in haste, the report was poor. | |
| As it was printed in haste, the book has many misprints. | |
| Haste makes waste. | |
| That sort of thing can happen when you are in haste. | |
| All my haste was in vain. | |
| If the tip was a dime in one glass, the waitress, in her haste to get the table ready for the next customer, would pick up the glass, the water would spill out, and that would be the end of it. | |