Hurry
verb
To do something quickly.
We need to hurry if we want to catch the bus.
verb
To make someone do something quickly.
Don't hurry me, I'm doing my best!
noun
A situation where things are being done quickly.
There was a hurry to get the project finished on time.
noun
A need to do something quickly.
There's no hurry—we have plenty of time.
verb
To quickly move or drive to a particular place.
We hurried home to watch the game on television.
verb
To do something quickly.
We need to hurry if we want to catch the bus.
verb
To make someone do something quickly.
Don't hurry me, I'm doing my best!
noun
A situation where things are being done quickly.
There was a hurry to get the project finished on time.
noun
A need to do something quickly.
There's no hurry—we have plenty of time.
verb
To quickly move or drive to a particular place.
We hurried home to watch the game on television.
Definition 1 of 5
Pro Tip 1/2Time Constraints
Used when you're running out of time and need to act fast.
Hurry up, or we'll miss the start of the movie!
Pro Tip 2/2Mild Alarm
Can express a slight sense of urgency without real panic.
We need to hurry; the store closes in 10 minutes.
Pro Tip 1/2Time Constraints
Used when you're running out of time and need to act fast.
Hurry up, or we'll miss the start of the movie!
Pro Tip 2/2Mild Alarm
Can express a slight sense of urgency without real panic.
We need to hurry; the store closes in 10 minutes.
Pro Tip 1/2Time Constraints
Used when you're running out of time and need to act fast.
Hurry up, or we'll miss the start of the movie!
Pro Tip 2/2Mild Alarm
Can express a slight sense of urgency without real panic.
We need to hurry; the store closes in 10 minutes.
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A day in the life of an...
She hurries back to the house. All the old women from the extended family have already gathered for the birth— their experience is very valuable if anything goes wrong. She readies herself with a prayer praising her most important tools, her fingers. Then she doses the patient with cihuapatli to help expel the baby,
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The voices in my head PIPE...
just as I'd done a hundred times before, when suddenly I heard a voice calmly observe, "She is leaving the room." I looked around, and there was no one there, but the clarity and decisiveness of the comment was unmistakable. Shaken, I left my books on the stairs and hurried home, and there it was again.
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A day in the life of an...
Typically, Aristonike would pause to admire the athletes, but today she’s more focused on impressing her observer. Taking the exact amount of branches necessary, she hurries back to the temple for her long awaited evaluation. The counselor who shadowed her shares his notes with the other officials,
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Diébédo Francis Kéré:...
when you know what is the best recipe and the best form, you start working with the community. And sometimes I can leave. They will do it themselves. I came to speak to you like that. Another factor in Gando is rain. When the rains come, we hurry up to protect our fragile walls
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Why are sloths so slow?...
They descend from the canopy just once a week for a bathroom break. When sloths do move, it's not very fast. It would take a sloth about five minutes to cross an average neighborhood street. This unhurried approach to life means that sloths don't need very much muscle.
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Why do we have museums?...
As you can see, we have a lion here and a gladiator, and, well, the janitor ought to be in this wing clearly. Moving on, hurry along. The next step in the evolution of museums occurred in the Renaissance, when the study of the natural world was once again encouraged
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The life cycle of a cup...
Each coffee company has a head buyer who carefully selects beans from all over the world. Logistics teams manage bean delivery routes, and brave baristas across the city serve this caffeinated elixir to scores of hurried customers.
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What type of world do we...
what's the future we really want we have the power to shape it we have to hurry because there are tipping points that have begun to move beyond the point of no return can you imagine a world without sharks can you imagine an ocean
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Jimmy Chin: Trapped in...
believe it it's very rare when I experienced something like that hopefully in a hurry an but where I'm you know I usually just try to push through it and this time I
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Why Do We Find Deadly...
development and begin to develop the need for us to nurture for others so if when you see a brown bear you go hurry inside your first best friend was
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A day in the life of an...
She hurries back to the house. All the old women from the extended family have already gathered for the birth— their experience is very valuable if anything goes wrong. She readies herself with a prayer praising her most important tools, her fingers. Then she doses the patient with cihuapatli to help expel the baby,
Video examples
The voices in my head PIPE...
just as I'd done a hundred times before, when suddenly I heard a voice calmly observe, "She is leaving the room." I looked around, and there was no one there, but the clarity and decisiveness of the comment was unmistakable. Shaken, I left my books on the stairs and hurried home, and there it was again.
Video examples
A day in the life of an...
Typically, Aristonike would pause to admire the athletes, but today she’s more focused on impressing her observer. Taking the exact amount of branches necessary, she hurries back to the temple for her long awaited evaluation. The counselor who shadowed her shares his notes with the other officials,
Video examples
Diébédo Francis Kéré:...
when you know what is the best recipe and the best form, you start working with the community. And sometimes I can leave. They will do it themselves. I came to speak to you like that. Another factor in Gando is rain. When the rains come, we hurry up to protect our fragile walls
Video examples
Why are sloths so slow?...
They descend from the canopy just once a week for a bathroom break. When sloths do move, it's not very fast. It would take a sloth about five minutes to cross an average neighborhood street. This unhurried approach to life means that sloths don't need very much muscle.
Video examples
Why do we have museums?...
As you can see, we have a lion here and a gladiator, and, well, the janitor ought to be in this wing clearly. Moving on, hurry along. The next step in the evolution of museums occurred in the Renaissance, when the study of the natural world was once again encouraged
Video examples
The life cycle of a cup...
Each coffee company has a head buyer who carefully selects beans from all over the world. Logistics teams manage bean delivery routes, and brave baristas across the city serve this caffeinated elixir to scores of hurried customers.
Video examples
What type of world do we...
what's the future we really want we have the power to shape it we have to hurry because there are tipping points that have begun to move beyond the point of no return can you imagine a world without sharks can you imagine an ocean
Video examples
Jimmy Chin: Trapped in...
believe it it's very rare when I experienced something like that hopefully in a hurry an but where I'm you know I usually just try to push through it and this time I
Video examples
Why Do We Find Deadly...
development and begin to develop the need for us to nurture for others so if when you see a brown bear you go hurry inside your first best friend was
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Dakota Fanning
American Actress
In New York, you walk everywhere, so you're amongst people all of the time, and everybody is in a hurry and going somewhere or has something on their minds. And in L.A., it's still much more of a laid-back life, at least in my experience.
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Saint Francis de Sales
Swiss Clergyman
Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
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Henry Kravis
American Businessman
I've been in a hurry all my life. I've been in a hurry to succeed, and in a hurry to prove myself.
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Emily Dickinson
American Poet
I never had a mother. I suppose a mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
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Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
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Gil Scott-Heron
American Poet
Schedule? I have no schedule. There is no hurry. I work when I want to.
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Georg Brandes
Danish Critic
I came into the world two months too soon, I was in such a hurry.
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Kim Shattuck
American Musician
I wasn't in any hurry to grow up and become this worldly person.
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Marco Rubio
American Politician
For most of my life, I've been in a hurry.
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Howard Dietz
American Musician
Time hurries by, we're here and gone.
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Dakota Fanning
American Actress
In New York, you walk everywhere, so you're amongst people all of the time, and everybody is in a hurry and going somewhere or has something on their minds. And in L.A., it's still much more of a laid-back life, at least in my experience.
Quote examples
Saint Francis de Sales
Swiss Clergyman
Never be in a hurry; do everything quietly and in a calm spirit. Do not lose your inner peace for anything whatsoever, even if your whole world seems upset.
Quote examples
Henry Kravis
American Businessman
I've been in a hurry all my life. I've been in a hurry to succeed, and in a hurry to prove myself.
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Emily Dickinson
American Poet
I never had a mother. I suppose a mother is one to whom you hurry when you are troubled.
Quote examples
Stephen Hawking
English Physicist
I'm not afraid of death, but I'm in no hurry to die. I have so much I want to do first.
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Gil Scott-Heron
American Poet
Schedule? I have no schedule. There is no hurry. I work when I want to.
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Georg Brandes
Danish Critic
I came into the world two months too soon, I was in such a hurry.
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Kim Shattuck
American Musician
I wasn't in any hurry to grow up and become this worldly person.
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Marco Rubio
American Politician
For most of my life, I've been in a hurry.
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Howard Dietz
American Musician
Time hurries by, we're here and gone.
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