shove
verb (used with object)
to move along by force from behind; push.
had shoved
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past perfectof shove.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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But according to videos taken on the scene, Pretti was holding a phone, not a handgun, when he stepped in front of a federal agent who had shoved a woman to the ground.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2026
Peters had shoved Cooper a moment earlier, but this time the call went on the offense.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 23, 2022
Salvadoran referee Iván Barton awarded the first penalty after checking with Mexican video assistant referee Marco Ortiz, and video showed Godoy had shoved Walker Zimmerman, his Nashville teammate, in the face.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 27, 2022
Materialising apparently out of nowhere, within four months the album had shoved its way to the top of the U.S. charts, dislodging Michael Jackson's Dangerous in January of 1992.
From Salon ● Sep. 24, 2021
Her crate lay on the deck, its broken side splintered where Archer had shoved it open.
From "The Reader" by Traci Chee
