Example Sentences

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Instead of shooting from the spot, the Argentina forward rolled the ball to the side for the inrushing Suarez to drive it home.

From Washington Times • Feb. 14, 2016

A third throw from Delap, towards the end of a predictably humdrum first half, was headed over by the inrushing Robert Huth.

From The Guardian • Feb. 12, 2011

The British then blew a 70-ft. gap in the causeway -- but the inrushing waters proved to be only 4 ft. deep at low tide.

From Time Magazine Archive

It takes him forever to figure out on which side of the train the doors will open next, and when he does, he is sandbagged by a horde of inrushing travelers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The officers in charge of it got it into working order, and in the pauses of the inrushing mist swept with it the surface of the sea.

From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker