How do you use the word "haste" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "haste": Make haste, and you will be in time. Make haste, or you will be late.

Haste

/heɪst/

Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounSpeed; swiftness; dispatch.

nounUrgency; sudden excitement of feeling or passion; precipitance; vehemence.

Sentence Examples

Make haste, and you will be in time.

Make haste, or you will be late.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

hurry rush precipitation

Antonyms:

None

CEFR Practice Quiz

Because the fire alarm rang, the students left the building with great ____.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

He finished his work in great ____, which unfortunately led to several careless mistakes.

Word Origin & History

Blend of Middle English hasten (verb), (compare Dutch haasten, German hasten, Danish haste, Swedish hasta (“to hasten, rush”)) and Middle English hast (“haste”, noun), from Old French haste (whence French hâte), from Old Frankish *hai(f)st (“violence”), from Proto-Germanic *haifstiz (“struggle, conflict”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱeyp- (“to ridicule, mock, anger”). Akin to Old Frisian hāst, hāste (“haste”), Old English hǣst (“violence”), Old English hǣste (“violent, impetuous, vehement”, adjective), Old Norse heift /heipt (“feud”), Gothic 𐌷𐌰𐌹𐍆𐍃𐍄𐍃 (haifsts, “rivalry”). Cognate with German heftig (“vehement”) and Danish heftig (“vehement”).

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"The king's business required haste." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Samuel 12:8:

"There was a stampede as the congressmen jumped the banister in their hastes to be the first to sign away their souls." — 2017, Russell M. Peterson, The Armies of Forever, page 368:

"I said in my haste, All men are liars." — 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 116:11:

"Baſſ. You may doe ſo, but let it be ſo haſted that ſupper be readie at the fartheſt by fiue of the clocke." — c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii], page 168:

"The city is amaz'd, for Sylla hastes / To enter Rome with fury, sword and fire." — 1594, “The Wounds of Civill War”, in A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Vol. VII (4th edition):

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