Example Sentences

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A day earlier North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said the spread of COVID-19 had thrust his country into “great turmoil” and called for an all-out battle to overcome the outbreak.

From Reuters • May 14, 2022

“At points I was unprepared for the symbolic role that history had thrust upon me,” he wrote to his congregation.

From Washington Post • Feb. 3, 2022

From an early age, the Darts had thrust their son into challenging, high-pressure situations and forced him to figure them out for himself.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 21, 2021

On mountain roads, neighborhood work crews — an escape valve for chronic underemployment in the Philippines — used chain saws to chop up trees that landslides had thrust on the road.

From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2018

“How did you even get in here tonight, Haazim?” said Blackbridge as he scribbled an autograph in a book a fan had thrust at him.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein