hurried; hurrying
1
a
: to carry or cause to go with haste
hurry them to the hospital
b
: to impel to rash or precipitate action
that hard-to-be-governed passion of youth hurried me frequently into intrigues with low women—
Benjamin Franklin
Benjamin Franklin
: to move or act with haste
please hurry up
hurrier
noun
1
: disturbed or disorderly activity : commotion
the incessant hurry and trivial activity of daily life … seem to prevent, or at least discourage, quiet and intense thinking—C. W. Eliot
C. W. Eliot2
a
: agitated and often bustling or disorderly haste
b
: a state of eagerness or urgency : rush
was in a hurry to get home
Examples of hurry in a Sentence
Verb
Take your time. There's no need to hurry.
She hurried off to her class.
We hurried through the lesson so that we could finish early.
The teacher hurried us through the lesson.
They hurried the children off to bed.
The quarterback was forced to hurry his throw.
Noun
In her hurry to leave she forgot her briefcase.
after all her hurry to get her report done on time, Elizabeth learned that it wasn't due till the following week
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Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
In the footage, the children could be seen hurrying off the bus and onto the woman’s porch as the smoke grew.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
He's also logged 25 pressures, 15 hurries, and six QB hits, according to Pro Football Focus.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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Verb
As rain pattered against windows, and trees lining the streets swayed, flurries of urgent texts began ricocheting from one end of the neighborhood to the other, and panic set in as some residents put on their shoes and hurried out the door.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 24 Oct. 2025
In the footage, the children could be seen hurrying off the bus and onto the woman’s porch as the smoke grew.
—Kimberlee Speakman, PEOPLE, 23 Oct. 2025
Noun
Gia Hinman had three hurries and three pass deflections for the Eagles, two of which came on fourth downs.
—Michael Huntley, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
He's also logged 25 pressures, 15 hurries, and six QB hits, according to Pro Football Focus.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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Cite this Entry
“Hurry.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hurry. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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hurry
2 of 2 noun
plural hurries
1
: great speed
especially
: unnecessary haste
2
: a state of eagerness or urgency : rush
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