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Meanings of thrusting in English
Synonyms
Examples for "thrust"
Examples for "thrust"
1
The essential thrust of the latest National Competitiveness Council report is clear.
2
Pressing his case now thrust the issue into the 2016 presidential campaign.
3
That is the fundamental thrust of a new Government report on retirement.
4
It is into this tense political situation that Eragon finds himself thrust.
5
Dear Jesse, Transforming laws has been a major thrust of feminist work.
1
I'd only been poking at it for 15 minutes when Molyneux called.
2
I yelled, dropping the lamp and poking him roughly in the ribs.
3
CJ had been poking around town, asking questions that shouldn't be asked.
4
Maybe Emma was asking too many questions, poking around too many places.
5
I would simply have to be very careful in my poking about.
1
Poppy had started using her pencil to poke holes in her paper.
2
Then they can poke out their long, sticky arms and snag food.
3
I gave him a fast hard poke that couldn't have felt good.
4
I read the letter and poke it into the stove, and proceed.
5
Kids at school and opposing sporting teams would 'poke' fun at me.
1
Dr Murray said no-one was being forced to have the free jab.
2
I actually managed to block Zoya's first jab, but not the second.
3
As often transpires in these scenarios, a jab was delivered by reality.
4
At the time Drake had fired a jab at him years earlier.
5
Cameron heard footsteps shuffle closer, felt a jab in his left shoulder.
1
Summer rushed forward, but Meera blocked him, jabbing with the three-pronged spear.
2
Beira took the needle back in hand, jabbing it into the cloth.
3
Voilà, A can't find us. She started jabbing at the phone's screen.
4
Suddenly there was a sharp, jabbing pain and he woke up fully.
5
He was hefting his swizzlestick, so I edged out of jabbing range.
Usage of thrusting in English
1
Women balk, thrusting their children behind them; some try again to escape.
2
And alway it did search, thrusting in the eye-stalks among the boulders.
3
They were a stupendous coronet thrusting miles deep into the dazzling sky.
4
I said goodbye, thrusting out my stiffened arm in a regulation salute.
5
He never lifted the door-flap, but thrusting it aside entered slowly in.
6
He was like Medusa thrusting her head between two branches in Paradise.
7
Once more he was thrusting at her with the rapier of truth.
8
He smiled, thrusting his hand into the breast of the velvet coat.
9
Finding the pikes useless for thrusting, many of the diggers clubbed them.
10
She nodded, as he pushed open the door, thrusting in his head.
11
Teddy threw out his chest, thrusting both hands in his trousers pockets.
12
Mr. Eltham drew a deep breath, thrusting both hands in his pockets.
13
I careered closer, thrusting my wings against warm air for extra speed.
14
Kris dived off the step, thrusting her arms in front of her.
15
The Disavowed lunged forward, thrusting and slashing to push back his fellows.
16
Her rocking ceased, changing to a reverse thrusting to meet Adam's own.
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Translations for thrusting
Portuguese
Thrusting through the time
Thrusting across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common