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    1. The result? Naught! All men seem to be enchanted by Mandy, especially Themis! As about me, at a moment someone speaks up and says he remembers me from elementary school - so, my age is revealed before everybody! Later on, Themis suggests our going on an excursion on May Day and all the married hens (who, as usual, have formed a ring around him) hasten to enter themselves for it


    2. On the wrong side of the blanket, I hasten to add, but Wiesse is irrational when it comes to history


    3. Sally is clearly upset but I hasten to assure her that there are worse ways to spend your life … married to someone you loathe for one


    4. not hasten I do, because I paid the hotel -


    5. hasten to correct the error for it is vital to this story


    6. will hasten, like a true friend, to tell me that the sun is out, and I


    7. aggravate the situation and hasten the worse of


    8. “My Lord, Zarko-Bel! You need to hasten to the infirmary


    9. When they reached the landing Zarko stood still for a few moments to regain his breath as he’d had to hasten to catch up


    10. As soon as the former in turn noticed the Nord, he tried to hasten his steps away and back toward the docks

    11. An environment which finds itself aesthetically challenged, however, must inevitably hasten the radical departure of polished elements to more refined environments


    12. Will hasten the sales said the smart long hair liberals known as publishers


    13. In other words, modernize travel that has seemingly regressed to the horse and buggy era while investing in transportational and environmental technologies designed to hasten travel and promote cleaner air


    14. “What if he developed a procedure that would save some who would otherwise die, but would hasten the death of the remainder?”


    15. They must hasten their journey; they must leave the forest as quickly as they could


    16. David was loyal to his God-chosen king, and even though he was anointed as the successor, he was loath to do anything that would hasten his own elevation


    17. 9 Then the king of Israel called an officer, and said, Hasten hither Micaiah the son of Imlah


    18. money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you hasten the matter; However the Levites hastened it not


    19. 26 They are passed away as the swift ships; as the eagle that hasten to the prey


    20. 8 I would hasten my escape from the windy storm and tempest

    21. those who draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: 19 That say, Let him make speed, and hasten his


    22. thousand, and a small one a strong nation; I the Lord will hasten it in his time


    23. not you hasten above the Most Highest, for your haste is in vain to be above him, for you have much exceeded


    24. sent me to show you all these things, and to say to you, Be of good comfort and fear not 34 And hasten not with the times that are


    25. past, to think vain things, so that you may not hasten from the latter times


    26. 20 (Sion has been taken away to hasten the Advent of the Judgment)


    27. 1 'Therefore, note! The days come, and the times shall hasten more than the former, and the seasons shall speed on more than those


    28. 19-25 (Baruch prays to God to hasten the Judgment and fulfil His Promise)


    29. 1 For the Most High will assuredly hasten His times; And He will assuredly bring on His hours


    30. were in the tower sent messengers to Tryphon, to the end that he should hasten his coming to them by the wilderness, and send them

    31. 1 Whoever hastens to make offerings before the Lord's face, the Lord for his part will hasten that offering by granting of his work


    32. God will hasten to fill the void, and the result will be peace and fulfill-


    33. 60 And Eliezer said to Abram, Hasten, rise up and save your soul, that you may not die through the hands of the king, for so did he see in a dream concerning you, and so did Anuki interpret it, and so also did Anuki advise the king concerning you


    34. 63 And Abraham heard the words of Isaac, and he lifted up his voice and wept when Isaac spoke these words; and Abraham's tears gushed down on Isaac his son, and Isaac wept bitterly, and he said to his father, Hasten you, O my father, and do with me the will of the Lord our God as He has commanded you


    35. 4 And Rebecca heard all the words that Isaac had spoken to Esau, and she hastened and called her son Jacob, saying, So did your father speak to your brother Esau, and so did I hear, now therefore hasten you and make that which I shall tell you


    36. ” She said and I continued to hasten


    37. 33 And all the Egyptians cried to the children of Israel, saying, Hasten to us and assist us and save us from the hand of Esau, Ishmael and the children of Chittim


    38. 7 So the Egyptians said to the children of Israel, Hasten and do your work, and finish your task, and strengthen the land, lest the children of Esau your brothers should come to fight against us, for on your account will they come against us


    39. 1 Whoever hastens to make offerings before the Lord's face the Lord for his part will hasten that offering by granting of his work


    40. 60 And Eliezer said to Abram Hasten rise up and save your soul that you may not die through the hands of the king for so did he see in a dream concerning you and so did Anuki interpret it and so also did Anuki advise the king concerning you

    41. 63 And Abraham heard the words of Isaac and he lifted up his voice and wept when Isaac spoke these words; and Abraham's tears gushed down on Isaac his son and Isaac wept bitterly and he said to his father Hasten you O my father and do with me the will of the Lord our God as He has commanded you


    42. 4 And Rebecca heard all the words that Isaac had spoken to Esau and she hastened and called her son Jacob saying So did your father speak to your brother Esau and so did I hear now therefore hasten you and make that which I shall tell you


    43. 33 And all the Egyptians cried to the children of Israel saying Hasten to us and assist us and save us from the hand of Esau Ishmael and the children of Chittim


    44. 7 So the Egyptians said to the children of Israel Hasten and do your work and finish your task and strengthen the land lest the children of Esau your brothers should come to fight against us for on your account will they come against us


    45. 32 And when the ears shall be cut down which are without number how great a floor shall they fill? 33 Then I answered and said How and when shall these things come to passe therefore are our years few and evile 34 And he answered me saying Do not you hasten above the Most Highest for your haste is in vain to be above him for you have much exceeded


    46. 33 And therefore has he sent me to show you all these things and to say to you Be of good comfort and fear not 34 And hasten not with the times that are past to think vain things so that you may not hasten from the latter times


    47. 1 'Therefore note! The days come and the times shall hasten more than the former and the seasons shall speed on more than those who are past and the years shall pass more quickly than the present years


    48. 21 Now those who were in the tower sent messengers to Tryphon to the end that he should hasten his coming to them by the wilderness and send them victuals


    49. It hastened their ends, and would hasten his, but would deepen the agony he took from it


    50. Jesus said to them Prevent him not; for no man does powers in my name and can hasten to speak evil 16 of me









































    1. My friends hastened to follow his brilliant example at once and everyone admired their courage


    2. Pleased to aid them, the Boulder Dwarf Gunt hastened their brutal task with the pounding of his war pick


    3. on the left place, France hastened to enter, and


    4. And I hastened to clear the haze


    5. Normally the darkness and coolness would have hastened slumber


    6. Though Kelia’s snoring were quick to be heard, Lunarey’s sleep wasn't so hastened to come, as thoughts of that poor girl refused to leave her mind


    7. A man clad not in Stormcloak regalia but in furs hastened from the door, clutching parchment and panting as he moved


    8. The smoke rose and clotted the heavens, and the winds hastened and snapped the Imperial banners


    9. As the other agent quickly nodded and hastened back into the Keep, Ondolemar sighed once more


    10. She didn't have a very good relationship with her mother, and her father, who was a quiet man and, she hastened to add, a lovable father whom she couldn't reproach, would only shake his head and say things like, "Time will heal

    11. And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew nigh to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the army to meet the Philistine


    12. The bookmaster hastened the lawman inside and pulled him into the kitchen


    13. Then the people hastened back to the city, and found, to their great


    14. She lifted Toinette into her arms as she spoke, and hastened


    15. The decline of any great nation is hastened by intellectual and moral laxity and indifference to that nation‘s historical achievements; that is to say, that nation forgot the lessons that made it great


    16. The absence of spiritual references and indifference to Divine Law has hastened an (uncertain) moral relativism of dubious value


    17. Two incidents hastened this believe


    18. We moved wildly to the right of the river where the water hastened down a narrow gateway and down at least two meters


    19. It would appear that America has, whether intentionally or not, (I will leave such questions for others to argue), hastened its own decline by reasons of ―guilt,‖ ―shame‖ and (national) complacency or perhaps a combination of all three or simply because egalitarian attitudes no longer make it feasible for America to shoulder such (lofty) burdens


    20. "Cold War extremism delayed rather than hastened the end of the Soviet Union

    21. “Map it,” instructed Nadir as the fellow hastened to comply, tapping buttons and studying the layout so far


    22. He hastened to comply


    23. What is she doing? What awaits her in the forest? Will she find safety or purgatory? Would she survive the night or would a wild animal feast upon her flesh? The more she thought, the more she hastened her stride


    24. “I did try to warn you,” the sim hastened to explain


    25. With the gun jammed into his waistband, he hastened towards the rear deck where he encountered a struggle


    26. They hastened towards the large obstacle, with fear rising deep within them


    27. “I’m not offended,” hastened the kid


    28. He had seen this before in one of the girls who had hastened to be the one to serve him


    29. 48 And it came to pass, when the Philistine arose, and came, and drew near to meet David, that David hastened, and ran toward the


    30. money to repair the house of your God from year to year, and see that you hasten the matter; However the Levites hastened it not

    31. 15 The posts went out, being hastened by the king's commandment, and the decree was given in Shushan the palace; And the king


    32. 14 So the posts that rode on mules and camels went out, being hastened and pressed on by the king's commandment; And the decree


    33. 16 As for me, I have not hastened from being a


    34. lowered his head and hastened his stride, thinking no more of the


    35. his determined Captain as he hastened along the walkway


    36. Evelyn was already rushing out of the room, and he hastened to follow her


    37. priests had no courage to serve anymore at the altar, but despising the temple, and neglecting the sacrifices, hastened to be partakers


    38. 5 But all of them, as though running the road to immortality, hastened on to death through tortures


    39. 3 It grieved him, and he hastened to the place where the sheep skins were, with the intention of taking them and throwing them into the sea, or of burning them with fire, so that Adam and Eve should not find them


    40. 1 Then Satan, the hater of all good, envious of Adam and of his offering through which he found favour with God, hastened and took a sharp stone from among sharp iron-stones; appeared in the form of a man, and went and stood by Adam and Eve

    41. 5 Then Cain, when he came up to him, comforted him with his talk, walking a little behind him, then he hastened, and struck him with the staff, blow on blow until he was stunned;


    42. 7 But as he was drawing near to the cave, his children saw him, and hastened to the cave, and hung on his neck, crying, and saying to him, "O father, where have you been, and Why have you left us, as you were not wanting to do?" And again, "0 father, when you did disappear, the lamp over the bodies of our fathers went out, the bodies were thrown about, and voices came from them"


    43. Degeneration of the Latin language at its periphery hastened the Roman Empire’s dissolution in the Middle Ages


    44. The effect slowly spreads to the whole of American culture as thinner and thinner English tends toward the kind of “demotic dialects” that hastened the collapse of Rome


    45. I wrote out your petition, and in my vision it appeared so, that your petition will not be granted to you throughout all the days of eternity, and that judgement has been finally passed on you: yes your petition will not be granted to you; And from now on you shall not ascend into Heaven to all eternity, and in bonds of the Earth the decree has gone out to bind you for all the days of the world; And that previously you shall have seen the destruction of your beloved sons and you shall have no pleasure in them, but they shall fall before you by the sword; And your petition on their behalf shall not be granted, nor yet on your own; even though you weep and pray and speak all the words contained in the writing which I have written; And the vision was shown to me as such; note, in the vision clouds invited me and a mist summoned me, and the course of the stars and the lightnings sped and hastened me, and the winds in the vision caused me to fly and lifted me upward, and bore me into Heaven; And I went in till I drew near to a wall which is built of crystals and surrounded by tongues of fire, and it began to affright me; And I went into the tongues of fire and drew near to a large house which was built of crystals; and the walls of the house were like a tessellated floor made of crystals, and its groundwork was of crystal


    46. 25 And Cain hastened and rose up, and took the iron part of his ploughing instrument, with which he suddenly struck his brother and he killed him, and Cain spilt the blood of his brother Abel on the Earth, and the blood of Abel streamed on the Earth before the flock


    47. 33 And Terah hastened, as the thing was urgent from the king, and he took a child from one of his servants, which his handmaid had born to him that day, and Terah brought the child to the king and received value for him


    48. 18 And Abram went from them, and his anger burned within him; And Abram hastened and went from the chamber to his father's outer court, and he found his father sitting in the court, and all his servants with him, and Abram came and sat before him


    49. 33 And when Abram saw all these things his anger was kindled against his father, and he hastened and took a hatchet in his hand, and came to the chamber of the gods, and he broke all his father's gods


    50. 37 And when Terah saw this his anger was greatly kindled, and he hastened and went from the room to Abram














































    1. They think I'm some bloody hero, he thought, hastening his pace


    2. Brontes floated down the chamber, his blue flames occasionally leaping out to aid the remaining elves, hastening their job of finishing off the undead


    3. I now needed to fetch some extra bedding from the storage shed, but as I headed for the backdoor something slowed me and I hesitated for a good thirty seconds before hastening outside to complete this task in record time


    4. The hastening of scholastic mediocrity in America‘s (urban) Public School System is understood by the efforts of (its) soft-headed administrators and educators seeking to promote equality of results at the expense of its brightest students, many of whom are routinely held in check in order to allow their less talented classmates ―sufficient‖ opportunity to play catch-up; oftentimes necessitating a lowering of academic standards for the ―benefit‖ of other students who are intellectually less gifted, thereby promoting false impressions of academic achievement where performance results are (oftentimes) questionable


    5. By managing the Cold War and hastening the collapse of the Soviet Union, the


    6. Already crumbling buildings are pelted with projectiles and then torched, hastening their inevitable collapse


    7. 10 O aged man of more power than tortures elder more vigorous than fire greatest king over the passions Eleazar! 11 For as father Aaron armed with a censer hastening through the consuming fire vanquished the flame-bearing angel 12 So Eleazar the descendant of Aaron wasted away by the fire did not give up his reasoning


    8. Jesus said to him If you can believe! All things are possible to him that believes; And immediately the father of the child cried out weeping and said I believe my Lord; help my lack of faith; And when Jesus saw the hastening of the people and their coming at the sound he rebuked that unclean spirit and said to it You dumb spirit that speaks not I command you come out of him and enter not again into him; And that spirit devil cried out much and bruised him and came out and that child fell as one dead and many thought that he had died but Jesus took him by his hand and raised him up and gave him to his father and that child was healed from that hour; And the people all marvelled at the greatness of God;


    9. Thus also did Christ desire to save the things which were perishing and has saved many by coming and calling us when hastening to destruction


    10. looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat!

    11. himself the idea of hastening his development will do well to remember that


    12. They had seen the morontia Master, and they rushed from the house, hastening back to Jerusalem to spread the good news of the risen Savior


    13. This is a hastening of your mind to follow certain routines from your past when they are not necessary for you now


    14. refer to the hastening of a suffering


    15. Looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be


    16. Thus in the closing passage of Revelation we have a prayer of the bride and the spirit for the hastening of these things, along with an invitation for all who would to come and partake of them:


    17. “Her lead led me to Rathi and I fell for her, so to say, head-over-heels, and her parents too were for hastening our wedding


    18. on the river bank, fish hastening towards west


    19. What type of love are you going to bring, to be, to practice in these times when many are hastening, with various degrees of satisfaction, the coming horror that will be humanity's self-conflagration finale of folly? Love knows not what lies ahead, nor does it really give a dying fuck, because this is its universal condition: caring no matter the world


    20. Dal edged down to steepen her dive, hastening her descent to the Shii’e’tu caverns---home to her collective

    21. She looked around before hastening to the bathroom and closing the door


    22. Almost she tripped over their carelessly-flung-out and forgotten feet, and greatly startled and embarrassed, besides being really sorry to have disturbed what was, after all, one of the most interesting moments of life, she stammered something apologetic, and with bowed head and eyes discreetly lowered was hastening on, when the two made the mistake rabbits make, and instead of remaining motionless and interlocked, hurriedly disentangled themselves; and one of them was Dwight


    23. 'Now for the little Lot,' cried the Professor leaping out into the rain and hastening towards the emerging landlord, while I hurriedly rehearsed the main points of my arguments


    24. And this gossip filtered through into the Palace, and Judith, who never did speak, spoke less than ever, but edging away more and more decidedly from the blandishments of the Master, who had not been invited to Coops, spent most of her time in her own room engaged in not looking at her trousseau; and the Palace became such an uncomfortable place what with one thing and another, and the strain of remaining calm and becoming in conduct to the ducally protected Herr Dremmel was so great, that at last the Bishop was as eager as anyone to get the wedding over and feverishly furthered any scheme that would, by hastening it, deliver him


    25. At the restaurant the bodyguard stayed at the door and when we entered, there was a momentary panic with the Maitre d' Hôtel rushing to receive us and the waiters hastening to smile and bow with low voiced greetings


    26. But now, in the fear of that Tribunal to which we all are hastening, I submit the following considerations in reply to the objections proposed


    27. Without hastening the process, and thereby losing most of its benefits, one can learn to accept it little by little, as it comes


    28. And yet he was hastening to Svidrigailov; could he be expecting


    29. Down by the ferry lit by torches, hastening the embarcation;


    30. And ever the hastening of infantry shifting positions, batteries,

    31. So she set out towards La Huchette, not seeing that she was hastening to offer herself to that which but a while ago had so angered her, not in the least conscious of her prostitution


    32. assassins, hastening to conceal the corpse, and quarrelling about the prey on


    33. without hastening to my uncle, whom, he hesitating said, I might not find alive


    34. "It is he; it is indeed;--I know it is!"--and was hastening to meet him, when Elinor cried out,


    35. They were married, married in town, and now hastening down to her uncle's


    36. "Catherine ill?" he said, hastening to us


    37. "And grief and disappointment are hastening his death


    38. reconciliation in my softened looks, and hastening to receive the seal of


    39. entirely pleased with his hastening matters into execution


    40. Hastening then to give

    41. hastening the ruin of a rival firm


    42. "Oh, come, then, come!" cried she, hastening away with the young man


    43. This man, who was hastening towards the wood, was already three-quarters of the way on the road from the grotto to the forest


    44. He’s referring to Ryodan hastening us from the mountaintop without pausing to collect Barrons, which I know he did so Drustan and Jada wouldn’t see him vanish but no doubt appeared callous to the others


    45. Anxious as you may suppose I was to behold and comfort my dear sister, I lost no time in hastening to Corsica, but when I arrived at Rogliano I found a house of mourning, the consequences of a scene so horrible that the neighbors remember and speak of it to this day


    46. "The Count of Monte Cristo?" cried Morrel, throwing away his cigar and hastening to the carriage; "I should think we would see him


    47. Hello, Jones, where are you going? Can't stop, Robinson, I am hastening to purchase the only reliable inkeraser Kansell, sold by Hely's Ltd, 85 Dame street


    48. Where the foreleg of King Billy's horse pawed the air Mrs Breen plucked her hastening husband back from under the hoofs of the outriders


    49. The footmen were hastening through the rooms with waiters loaded with ices


    50. " Valentine rose quickly, and was hastening joyfully towards the door, when M




























    1. However, any time I try to hold him, his concerned mother hastens to take him off my hands at once!


    2. Later experimentation proved that adding thyroid extracts to the water induces or hastens metamorphosis of tank-kept Mexican salamanders


    3. hastens the Day of Judgment


    4. 23 Note, he drinks up a river, and hastens not, he trusts that he can draw up Jordan into his mouth


    5. fool goes to the correction of the stocks, until the dart strikes through his liver like the bird hastens towards the snare and he does not


    6. is without knowledge, and he who hastens with his feet sins


    7. He who hastens to be rich has the evil eye, and considers not that poverty shall come on him


    8. 5 The sun also arises, and the sun goes down, and hastens to his place where he arose


    9. The captive exile hastens so that he may be loosened, and so that he should not die in the pit, nor that his bread should fail


    10. 16 The calamity of Moab is nearly come, and his affliction hastens quickly

    11. come from far; they shall fly as the eagle that hastens to eat


    12. 14 The great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and hastens greatly, even from the voice of the


    13. marvel, for the world hastens quickly to pass away, 27 And cannot comprehend the things that are promised to the righteous in time


    14. 18 For the time is fled far away, and leasing is hard at hand, for now hastens the vision to come,


    15. 1 Whoever hastens to make offerings before the Lord's face, the Lord for his part will hasten that offering by granting of his work


    16. ” Then he hastens to add:


    17. 1 Whoever hastens to make offerings before the Lord's face the Lord for his part will hasten that offering by granting of his work


    18. 26 Then answered he me and said The more you search the more you shall marvel for the world hastens quickly to pass away 27 And cannot comprehend the things that are promised to the righteous in time to come for this world is full of unrighteousness and infirmities


    19. 18 For the time is fled far away and leasing is hard at hand for now hastens the vision to come which you have seen


    20. they are influenced in common by high ideals, and this hastens the growth of

    21. the wind, So he hastens to add:


    22. also know how time hastens


    23. "Pray, reveal to this court the nature of the ruling of the State Supreme Court," said the judge, "and even before that let the record show that this court hastens to abide with great respect to the ruling


    24. “Farewell !” reciprocates the man, watching the visitor as he hastens away and stops at


    25. Their main argument is for the copious bleeding caused by both the exit wound and the entrance wound - which makes it easier to track the animal and hastens its death


    26. hence doing anti-life deeds, hastens the end of life by lessening the potential quantity and quality


    27. Oxygen is a very important element for your body as it hastens the process of healing


    28. The earth neither lags nor hastens,


    29. The soldiers you believe to be dying with hunger, worn out with fatigue, ready to desert, gather like atoms of snow about the rolling ball as it hastens onward


    30. hastens the day when he can touch his five hundred thousand will not be his worst friend

    31. Incog Haroun al Raschid he flits behind the silent lechers and hastens on by the railings with fleet step of a pard strewing the drag behind him, torn envelopes drenched in aniseed


    32. "From here it hastens to the Gate


    33. All yields, splits, cracks, floats, rolls, falls, jostles, hastens, is precipitated


    34. What am I beside her? I came here seeking my ruin, and said to myself, ‘What does it matter?’ in my cowardliness, but she, after five years in torment, as soon as any one says a word from the heart to her—it makes her forget everything, forgive everything, in her tears! The man who has wronged her has come back, he sends for her and she forgives him everything, and hastens joyfully to meet him and she won't take a knife with her


    35. ) Then he hastens back to his ambush in the back gardens, and there learns that Smerdyakov is in a fit, that the other servant is ill—the coast is clear and he knows the ‘signals’—what a temptation! Still he resists it; he goes off to a lady who has for some time been residing in the town, and who is highly esteemed among us, Madame Hohlakov


    36. ‘Of that bloodshed I am guilty, but who has killed my father, gentlemen, who has killed him? Who can have killed him, if not I?’ Do you hear, he asked us that, us, who had come to ask him that question! Do you hear that phrase uttered with such premature haste—‘if not I’—the animal cunning, the naïveté, the Karamazov impatience of it? ‘I didn't kill him and you mustn't think I did! I wanted to kill him, gentlemen, I wanted to kill him,’ he hastens to admit (he was in a hurry, in a terrible hurry), ‘but still I am not guilty, it is not I murdered him


    37. The man before him, his friend, who has just been enrolled, has but this moment stepped out of the office stark naked, and with chattering teeth hastens to put on his clothes


    38. He tries to learn who Pushkin was, and having discovered that Pushkin was neither a hero nor a general, but was a private person and a writer, he comes to the conclusion that Pushkin must have been a holy man and a teacher of goodness, and he hastens to read or to hear his life and works


    39. As the foreman of a spinning mill, when he has set the hands to work, goes round and notices here a spindle that has stopped or there one that creaks or makes more noise than it should, and hastens to check the machine or set it in proper motion, so Anna Pávlovna moved about her drawing room, approaching now a silent, now a too-noisy group, and by a word or slight rearrangement kept the conversational machine in steady, proper, and regular motion


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    Synonyms for "hasten"

    festinate hasten hurry look sharp rush induce stimulate belt along bucket along cannonball along hie hotfoot pelt along race rush along speed step on it expedite haste scoot bestir bustle

    "hasten" definitions

    act or move at high speed


    move hurridly


    speed up the progress of; facilitate


    cause to occur rapidly