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Hastily in sentence

306 examples of Hastily in a sentence

'Never mind touching your hat, Sam,' said Mr. Winkle hastily.
Why, sir, bless your innocent eyebrows, that's where the mysterious disappearance of a 'spectable tradesman took place four years ago.''You don't mean to say he was burked, Sam?' said Mr. Pickwick, looking hastily round.
'You know best, of course.''Of course,' replied Mr. Pickwick hastily.
'Get along with you, old wretch!' replied Mrs. Raddle, hastily withdrawing the nightcap.
The moment the words fell from Mr. Winkle's lips, Mr. Phunky sat down, and Serjeant Snubbin rather hastily told him he might leave the box, which Mr. Winkle prepared to do with great readiness, when Serjeant Buzfuz stopped him.
Mr. Winkle jumped out of bed, wondering very much what could possibly be the matter, and hastily putting on his stockings and slippers, folded his dressing-gown round him, lighted a flat candle from the rush-light that was burning in the fireplace, and hurried downstairs.
Startled by the sudden fear that the house might be on fire, he hastily threw the door wide open, and holding the candle above his head, stared eagerly before him, not quite certain whether what he saw was a sedan-chair or a fire-engine.
Mr. Winkle, catching sight of a lady's face at the window of the sedan, turned hastily round, plied the knocker with all his might and main, and called frantically upon the chairman to take the chair away again.
The mirth of Mr. Bob Sawyer was rapidly ripening into the furious, Mr. Ben Allen was fast relapsing into the sentimental, and the punch had well-nigh disappeared altogether, when the boy hastily running in, announced that a young woman had just come over, to say that Sawyer late Nockemorf was wanted directly, a couple of streets off.
As he did so, Mr. Dowler very hastily drew back.
Mr. Weller was a gentleman of great gallantry in his own way, and he no sooner remarked this circumstance than he hastily rose from the large stone, and advanced towards her.
'Take care wot you're a-doin' on, sir; you're a-sendin' a blaze o' light, right into the back parlour winder.''Dear me!' said Mr. Pickwick, turning hastily aside, 'I didn't mean to do that.'
The noise of some one stumbling hastily into the room, roused him.
Will you step out for an instant?''Certainly,' said Jingle, rising hastily.
It's not the warden's fault, you know, sir.''Of course not,' replied Mr. Pickwick hastily.
They whispered together for a little time, and the turnkey, stooping over the pillow, drew hastily back.
'Oh, you wouldn't like that, ma'am,' replied Mrs. Bardell, rather hastily; for it was not at all advisable, with reference to the lodgings, to encourage such notions; 'you wouldn't like it, ma'am.''Oh!
'I would rather that the subject should be never mentioned between us, Perker,' interposed Mr. Pickwick hastily.
Immediately on the old lady's entering the shop, Mr. Benjamin Allen and Mr. Bob Sawyer, who had been putting the spirits-and- water out of sight, and upsetting nauseous drugs to take off the smell of the tobacco smoke, issued hastily forth in a transport of pleasure and affection.
Though, mind,' added Mr. Pickwick, hastily checking himself--'mind, I do not say I should have prevented it, if I had known that it was intended.'
I never commit myself hastily in any affair, and from what I see of this, I by no means like the appearance of it.
Mr. Pickwick sat down at a side table, and hastily indited a note to Mr. Winkle, merely informing him that he was detained by stress of weather, but would certainly be in London next day; until when he deferred any account of his proceedings.
This note was hastily made into a parcel, and despatched to the bar per Mr. Samuel Weller.
'Hollo!' said the elder Mr. Weller, dropping the poker as he looked round, and hastily drew his chair away.
'I'll see you--' Mr. Weller hastily checked himself, and added in a low tone, 'furder fust.''Oh, dear, dear!
'About getting that customer that we paid the ten shillings in the pound to the bill-discounter for, on your account--to get him out of the Fleet, you know--about getting him to Demerara.''Oh, Mr. Jingle,' said Mr. Pickwick hastily.
'Clear head --man of the world--quite right--perfectly.''By compounding with his creditor, releasing his clothes from the pawnbroker's, relieving him in prison, and paying for his passage,' continued Perker, without noticing Jingle's observation, 'you have already lost upwards of fifty pounds.''Not lost,' said Jingle hastily, 'Pay it all--stick to business-- cash up--every farthing.
Pickwick, I beg--''I will not be put down, Sir,' replied Mr. Pickwick hastily.
'No, no, no,' added Emily hastily.
Knowing nothing of the house, Mr. Snodgrass in his confusion stepped hastily back into the room he had just quitted, and passing thence into an inner apartment (Mr. Wardle's bedchamber), closed the door softly, just as the persons he had caught a glimpse of entered the sitting-room.
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