Sentence examples for haste upon from inspiring English sources

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Halleck duly issued the orders to transport the pontoons, but as if wishing failure on his subordinate, he did not urge haste upon the engineers in charge, nor upon those communicating the orders.

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Having rescued his reputation from the career-ending catastrophes of Swept Away, Revolver and RocknRolla with the surprisingly likeable Sherlock Holmes (for which, crucially, he did not write the script), Guy Ritchie was promptly ordered to cancel all future engagements, clear his work diary and embark post-haste upon an equally money-spinning sequel.

At left are the executioners, mounted soldiers with spears, while in the foreground horrified spectators leave in haste, as women throw themselves upon the ground.

Revelations of sloppy work or promises made in haste only to be reneged upon do immense damage to rebuilding.

Cockroaches, cow eyeball, and testicle casings: While the eye and nutskins went the way of their forerunners with relative haste, you can imagine our elation when upon upending the Jar at the end of our shirtmaking, BOTH of our cockroaches's bodies came tumbling out a little spongy, but otherwise no worse for wear.

Pector [ 25] revealed that decisions around the funeral were often made in haste as parents were keen to focus upon surviving sick babies.

This assessment was refuted by Captain Hotham, who publicly responded that "the advanced season of the year and the close proximity of the enemy's coast all made what, upon another occasion, might have appeared haste imperatively necessary, for it was the prompt decision of the Admiral that occasioned the result".

But the gods of yellow cabs smiled upon us and delivered a chariot without haste and brought us speeding, then idling, then speeding uptown at 4 19 p.m.

And when the madness is upon them they argue that their very haste is a species of integrity".

I can hear the pace of his words, each one placed with care like a foot upon a forest trail without a hint of haste, without a trace of anxiety.

In August 1995, for example, Mr. Kelley from Croatia informed his editors that he had stumbled upon a diary a Serbian girl had apparently left behind in haste as her family fled an onslaught by Croatian troops.

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