Hasten example sentences

Certain plants also need to be exposed to low temperature so as to hasten flowering later in life.” “I see,” hastened the storekeeper, not at all certain that he did.Spraying juvenile conifers with GAs hastens the maturity period, thus leading to early seed production.Ethephon hastens fruit ripening in tomatoes and apples and accelerates abscission in flowers and fruits (thinning of cotton, cherry, walnut).Compost is also prepared by using earthworms to hasten the process of decomposition of plant and animal refuse.” “You told Dad?” She shook her head, chastened at his unawareness that he was always the first to share her secrets.Cousins confirmed the release of a volatile substance from ripened oranges that hastened the ripening of stored unripened bananas.