With one final, desperate shove, Nico pushed the voice away.

I gave my raft a desperate shove, and away I went, paddling as hard as I could up the lagoon.

"Cast off!" said Hornblower, and a desperate shove with the port side oars got them clear.

"Have a care, Blondin," said our chief, in a warning voice, as the bowman made a sudden and desperate shove with his pole.