But we have also taken care not to act prematurely.

"In this light, then, it appears that everyone may have acted prematurely."

"Investors have told us that they don't want to be criticized for acting too quickly or prematurely," he said.

To show himself now would be to act prematurely and perhaps risk losing the other members of the hijack gang.

If the Kurds were forced to act prematurely, a fire fight might erupt in the streets.

The hijackers had been surprised by a crew member and acted prematurely.

I had accused the weapons officer of acting prematurely and threatened him with a court martial.

In essence, the players' union's contention is that Vincent acted prematurely.

Eventually, American officials acknowledged that they had acted prematurely.

Yeon was right, it would be ill-advised to act prematurely.