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How to pronounce hurrying in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms speed, speeding
Type of move, movement, motion
Has types scud, scudding, speedup, acceleration, deceleration, quickening
Derivation hurry
Type Words
Synonyms scurrying


affection for this hurrying driving...little man.

Examples of hurrying

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Next he hugs his wife, Jennifer, a teacher who is hurrying to prepare for work.
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Meanwhile, almost every game in Net Vegas is hurrying to catch up to the slots.
From the edition.cnn.com
Hurrying around my largest tree, Mike arrived first and shook my hand vigorously.
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Alice went because her legs swelled from hurrying in cold water when she was hot.
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You can't blame the Democrats for hurrying to enact their hot-air legislation.
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Hitting him and hurrying him and keeping him from surveying the field will do.
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Underground, overground, hurrying to Wimbledon Common, here come the foodies.
From the independent.co.uk
Tom last saw her hurrying across the rear lawn toward her house to make her curfew.
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If he has not already had a heart attack, then he may be hurrying toward one.
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More examples
  • A condition of urgency making it necessary to hurry; "in a hurry to lock the door"
  • Travel rapidly: move very fast; "The runner zipped past us at breakneck speed"
  • Haste: overly eager speed (and possible carelessness); "he soon regretted his haste"
  • Rush: act or move at high speed; "We have to rush!"; "hurry--it's late!"
  • Haste: the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner; "in his haste to leave he forgot his book"
  • Rush: urge to an unnatural speed; "Don't rush me, please!"
  • (hurrying) moving with great haste; "affection for this hurrying driving...little man"; "lashed the scurrying horses"
  • (hurrying) speed: changing location rapidly
  • (hurried) moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste; "a hurried trip to the store"; "the hurried life of a city"; "a hurried job"