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Meanings of hurrying for in English

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Usage of hurrying for in English
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If she was a little ailing, what anxiety and hurrying for doctors!
The Newcomes: Memoirs of a Most Respectable Family
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The thought no sooner struck Duane than he was hurrying for his horse.
The Lone Star Ranger: A Romance of the Border
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Across the campus were several stragglers hurrying for their homes.
The Scarlet Plague
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I'd hate to lose this fine supper, Seregil told him, hurrying for the door.
Casket of Souls
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He can be creative, but he's more often coarse and hurrying for his own pleasure.
The pretender's crown
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As I swallowed, Jack's gaze moved away to track a middle-aged man hurrying for the doors.
Exit strategy
7
On the tundra, hurrying for the mountains.
The Alaskan
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There was hurrying for the horses, for life was a burden to them among their stark foemen.
The Fall of the Nibelungs
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A mickle hurrying for steeds was seen, for they were loth to stay with their deadly foes.
The Nibelungenlied
10
Then there was a hurrying for surely!
Mary Jane: Her Book
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The crowds that surged through the street hurrying for home and fireside after the day's work were impatient.
Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 04 / Little J...
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He set off briskly along the northern side of the Green, hurrying for fear Corley should return too soon.
Dubliners
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She toyed with one of the thick gold ropes that held the curtains, and watched people hurrying for shelter.
For my Country’s Freedom
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Nick Smithers was hurrying for the street when Nat and the officer of the law came up to him.
From Farm to Fortune; or, Nat Nason's Strange Experience
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Sillitoe walked to a window and stared down at the wet streets, the bowed heads and shoulders of people hurrying for shelter.
Sword of Honour
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The narrow space felt claustrophobic, with the coach following her, and she found herself hurrying for the open space of the great room.
Bake sale murder
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