shove
verb (used with object)
to move along by force from behind; push.
was shoving
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past progressiveof shove.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Last I checked, no one was shoving Clint Eastwood offstage into retirement.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 22, 2023
He returned to help rescue a young boy whose father was shoving him through the opening, he said, and then helped the father as well.
From Fox News ● Mar. 27, 2019
But angered by the criticism in Mr. Mattis’s resignation letter, Mr. Trump announced over the weekend that he was shoving Mr. Mattis out early and elevating Mr. Shanahan — at least temporarily.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2018
Kompany, on the right-hand corner of the six-yard box, eyebrows a lame header out of play on the right, but he was shoving illegally anyway.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 26, 2016
Mike was shoving the Hillside tackle halfway to China.
From "Crash" by Jerry Spinelli
