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

With two huge successes in less than four years, Jacqueline Susann is thrusting past such bestseller fabricators as Harold Robbins, Arthur Hailey and Leon Uris.

From Time Magazine Archive

"That young man," he said to his wife, flinging his hat and coat on to a chair and himself on to a sofa, "is thrusting himself more and more into our affairs."

From The Benefactress by Elizabeth