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Meanings of indecent haste in English

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Usage of indecent haste in English
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Automation has taken over and, I might add, with almost indecent haste.
The Irish Times
2
The present indecent haste of the income-tax collector may have worried him.
Our Stage and Its Critics / By "E.F.S." of "The Westminster Gaze...
3
Mr. Black appeared to be in no indecent haste to satiate my craving.
The House / An Episode in the Lives of Reuben Baker, Astronomer,...
4
I do, sir, but there can be no indecent haste in these matters.
What Can She Do?
5
He ate with indecent haste, like a man anxious to catch a train.
Revolution, and Other Essays
6
As a matter of course such a people is never in an indecent haste.
The Monikins
7
It was hurried over, to my thinking, in indecent haste.
The Moonstone
8
We retired from the Chinese Treasury with rather indecent haste.
Indiscreet Letters From Peking / Being the Notes of an Eye-Witne...
9
BBC Radio One banned the dodgy track with indecent haste.
The Irish Times
10
The indecent haste is usually considered conclusive of the cause of Anne Boleyn's ruin.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 11 — Ancient and Mediæval Hi...
11
I have said that the jury, with indecent haste, returned a verdict of Guilty.
Prisoner for Blasphemy
12
I wrote last night to stop you, but you've shown indecent haste in coming.
The Great Impersonation
13
We may swing for him if you show indecent haste!
Raffles: Further Adventures of the Amateur Cracksman
14
Trump, however, looks set to get it all with what may seem truly indecent haste.
Reuters
15
Instead, the family left London with almost indecent haste.
The red door
16
Not with the glowing deliberation of sunsets in northern latitudes, but with almost indecent haste.
Black Caesar's Clan : A Florida Mystery Story
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