gather hurriedly
Frequency: 7.04.2 per million words
To collect things together in a quick and often disorganized way.
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- When the fire alarm rang, everyone hurriedly gathered their personal items.
- She hurriedly gathered her books from the table and ran to catch the bus.
- The children were told to hurriedly gather their toys before dinner.
- Seeing the storm approach, the farmers hurriedly gathered the harvest.
- He had to hurriedly gather his thoughts before giving the impromptu speech.
- The team hurriedly gathered their equipment after the game ended.
- Before the police arrived, the suspect hurriedly gathered all the evidence.
- The professor hurriedly gathered his notes as the lecture time was up.
- We hurriedly gathered our camping supplies as it started to rain.
- The staff was instructed to hurriedly gather in the conference room for an urgent announcement.