Example Sentences

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At Doc’s medical practice, the vibe was “what he would have had shoved in a closet for years and years and years like it’s nothing,” Thornhill said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 19, 2023

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

That struggle in front of the crease was overshadowed by Luke Goldstock’s unsportsmanlike penalty 90 yards away, which came after the North Carolina junior had shoved Maryland’s Mike McCarney with 3.7 seconds left.

From Washington Post • May 30, 2016

The policeman who had shoved her away now barred her way with his long arms outspread like the wings of some prehistoric bird.

From "Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography" by Mark Mathabane