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Example sentences for "great hurry"

  • I could see that my cousin George was in a great hurry to know more of his history, for they had been very good friends, and he had lost sight of Mr. Whiston years before, and had been amazed when he was asked to meet him that evening.

  • She came in before half-past five, in a great hurry; and she left her pitcher here on the table.

  • Comte was quite delighted; but Clarence was in a great hurry, he would only give us one scene, he was going to Mr. Percival's on business.

  • Marriott answered only by her tears, and went on packing up in a great hurry.

  • So Hunter tore round to the shop in a great hurry to get there before her.

  • Most of them were artisans and labourers out of employment and evidently in no great hurry to go home.

  • At twelve o'clock Crass and Slyme cleared off in a great hurry, and a little while afterwards, Philpot took off his apron and put on his coat to go to the 'Cricketers'.

  • I tried to make him understand that he was wrong; but, far from giving way to my arguments, he persisted in stopping me, and being in a great hurry to continue my journey I fired one of my pistols in his face, but without touching him.

  • The good hostess, thoroughly amazed at the generosity of her guests, ran in a great hurry to her daughter, while we were delighted at having laid ourselves under the pleasant necessity of again going to bed.

  • Besides, I was in a great hurry because I had promised a pretty woman to breakfast with her, and such engagements, as you are well aware, cannot be broken.

  • O---- strode into the room in a great hurry, striking his breast in a sort of ecstasy.

  • Oh no, thank you," I said, in a great hurry to get away now that I had actually the precious stamp in my possession.

  • He wants to see you before he goes out, and he's in a great hurry.

  • They did not even speak to one another; but wrought on with a great hurry, till the spades struck on the coffin lid--which was broken.

  • I to him, rising up from my chair in a great hurry of a fright--"Has onybody killed ye?

  • Yes, which I had taken out of your lordship's pocket one day as you were walking the streets in a great hurry.

  • Why, she is in a great hurry to get back to Queechy, before she is able to go anywhere — begging me to find an escort for her.

  • You are in a great hurry to appropriate it," said Constance; "how do you know but it is mine?

  • I am afraid not the least; but, after all, there is no great hurry.

  • He is in no great hurry to have it tied up.

  • Everybody seemed to be in a great hurry, acting as if should they linger anywhere more than a minute they would be missing something.

  • They were panting and wringing wet, for they had come in a great hurry.

  • Some were sail-boats, many were skiffs and launches; all were crowded, and in a great hurry.

  • Few of the buildings seemed finished, and all looked as if they had just been put up, in a great hurry.

  • But he was in no great hurry to find this ideal wife.

  • Back he came in a great hurry, crying out, "Master!

  • But Gulliver only cut the man's bonds, and let him run away, which he did in a great hurry.

  • Now, as most of the animals were very thirsty, and in a great hurry to drink, they did not care to dispute the matter, but gabbled off the words without a second thought.

  • They came here in a great hurry, and seemed to have come a long distance, judging from the way the car was plastered with mud.

  • You're not in a great hurry to get back to town.

  • The lady and gentleman were evidently expected, and seemed in a great hurry.

  • So he just went round a corner for a short time, and then came hopping back in a great hurry.

  • I will certainly try,' answered the fish in a great hurry; 'but you must have a little patience, as it may not be an easy task.

  • Jose did as he was told, and being in a great hurry to get away, asked no questions, but swung himself into the saddle.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "great hurry" 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:
    great assembly; great author; great benefit; great bunch; great celebrity; great central; great curiosity; great dinner; great economic; great empire; great fight; great goddess; great improvement; great merchant; great noise; great nuisance; great proportion; great respect; great service; great splendour; great throb; great throng; great wind; great wrath; greater evil; greater speed