Usage examples (37)

• It was the Prince, hastening from the palace with an expression half of anger half of sorrowful reproach on his face.
• The Earth is indisputably getting warmer overall, and human activity is definitely playing a part in hastening that warming trend.
• Although its avowed purpose was to bring together the feuding revolutionary factions, it only succeeded in hastening the final split.
• Looking and hastening, that is, expecting and diligently preparing for it.