thrust
verb (used with object)
to push forcibly; shove; put or drive with force.
is thrusting
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present progressiveof thrust (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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On the contrary, it is nearly impossible to win a “Clash Royale” match while someone is talking to you, or while a certain puppy is thrusting its favorite toy in your face.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 17, 2022
Now, their anticipated success at the Olympics is thrusting skateboarding into the mainstream.
From New York Times ● Jan. 26, 2020
But none may be bigger than what the team is thrusting on Gilliam, asking him to play left tackle two years after arriving in the NFL as an undrafted free agent.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 26, 2016
Off Japan, for instance, the Pacific plate is thrusting under the Eurasian plate, causing the deep-seated quakes characteristic of the Japanese archipelago.
From Time Magazine Archive
Our experience with tuberculosis and with the modern complicated industrial and political systems, is thrusting upon us anew Christ's teaching about the brotherhood of man or the solidarity of the race.
From To Infidelity and Back by Henry F. (Henry Frey) Lutz
