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Example sentences for "thrusting"

Lexicographically close words:
thruppence; thrush; thrushes; thrust; thrusteth; thrusts; thruth; thry; thryd; thryes
  1. In the confusion that followed, the Iroquois got possession of the loopholes, and, thrusting in their guns, fired on those within.

  2. He is now in bed with me the first time, and in broad day; but when thrusting up his own shirt and my shift, he laid his naked glowing body to mine.

  3. The officer, after thrusting the Canadian into the room, withdrew, and closed the door after him.

  4. Titmouse, thrusting his hand into his pocket, with no little excitement.

  5. Tag-rag, with an air of desperate disgust, thrusting his hands into his pockets, and stretching his legs to their utmost extent under the table.

  6. Come here, Alfred," he called to the crying child, at the same time thrusting his hand into his trousers pocket, where he carried his money loose in the same large way that he lived life in general.

  7. Next, he was no longer an onlooker but was himself in the canoe, Moti was crying out, they were both thrusting hard with their paddles, racing on the steep face of the flying turquoise.

  8. With a good man by her side, she will run no risk from thrusting neighbours, and although she cannot too soon begin to have "one eye for the hounds and another for the horse," it is the latter which demands all her energies.

  9. Imbedded in this bar was a long white snag, a tree trunk whose naked arms, thrusting far down stream, had literally impaled us.

  10. Then, thrusting his leather purse into his bosom, he touched up his horse and drove off, followed by the jeers of the drivers standing near.

  11. He was continually thrusting himself forward to whisper fussily to him, but the latter scarcely answered him, or muttered something irritably to get rid of him.

  12. Lyamshin mechanically put his hand out of the casement and took the revolver; he waited a little, and suddenly thrusting his head out of the casement, and with a shiver running down his spine, faltered as though he were beside himself.

  13. When a rope is found loose from any cause, it can be tightened by thrusting a short curved stick into the loop formed by the slack part, when, by twisting the lever round and round, the required tension is soon gained.

  14. These are stopped with lumps of clay or earth, and when the water is required in any direction, the irrigator removes the obstruction by thrusting his toes beneath and lifting it out of the way.

  15. This can be done by thrusting a seal spear or lance down into the snow between the first two transverse bars of the sledge bottom.

  16. We used to build little columns of these Foxgloves by thrusting one within another, alternating purple and white; and we wore them for gloves, and placed them as foolscaps on the heads of tiny dolls.

  17. Bellerophon mounted on Pegasos appears to be thrusting as with a spear at the Chimaera which is roughly indicated in the right-hand lower corner of the relief.

  18. The action of the Amazon appears to be that of thrusting a spear.

  19. Give him to me," demanded Alfred, and thrusting Aggie aside, he took possession of the small mite in the cradle.

  20. Then, thrusting her two small feet from beneath the coverlet and perching on the side of the bed, she declared to Aggie that "Alfred was getting more idiotic every minute.

  21. It is doubtful whether Jimmy would not have worked himself into another state of open rebellion had not Aggie put an end to his protests by thrusting him firmly out of the room and closing the door behind him.

  22. Throop, thrusting Busby back into his chair, advanced upon Raines with ponderous menace.

  23. He was busy collecting his precious papers together and thrusting them back into the pocket of his coat.

  24. His time has come," said the laconic scout, thrusting the long barrel of his rifle through the leaves, and taking his deliberate and fatal aim.

  25. Here Nort, thrusting both hands into his rear trousers pockets, leaned a little back and gave a perfect imitation of the familiar figure of our town druggist.

  26. One of the Russians had succeeded in thrusting his head through the narrow opening at the top of the inverted hopper.

  27. One by one, thrusting their rifles before them, they crawled through this narrow door from the mine.

  28. Thrusting the torch into Johnny's hand, his companion leaped forward and, with a cat-like motion, dropped down beside the prostrate form.

  29. Yvonne, flinging a cloak about Gaston, thrusting a purse, a sword, and a flask into his hand, and holding the boat while he leaped in.

  30. A sound in the next room decided her; and, thrusting the basket among the bushes, she leaped lightly in and vanished under the table, leaving puss calmly washing her face on the window-sill.

  31. But most of the weeding is done simply by thrusting the hand into the mud, pulling out the weed and thrusting it back into the sludge to rot.

  32. A pistol roared into his stubbly beard and the ball carried off his steel cap, but he cut down the man and pressed into the midst of the pirates, cutting and thrusting in terrible rage.

  33. Giddy and still breathless, he gained his knees to find the Dark Master thrusting at him from the stern, while at his side the other rower was rising.

  34. Shake on it," said the American, thrusting out a thin yellow hand with unpleasantly long nails.

  35. And the man softly raised the bell, thrusting in his hand so as to secure the tongue, and then the pair stepped back into the hall and through the door at the back, Murray closing it after them, before he signed to his follower to ring.

  36. The man obeyed, at first gently, but as there was no reply he rang more loudly, and followed up his summons by thrusting the bell through a window at the back and sounding it vigorously.

  37. Now then, Caesar," whispered Murray, thrusting one hand behind the door to seize the candle and place it ready in shelter.

  38. JPG> for an elaborate toilette, and many, indeed, were completing it, by thrusting themselves into surplices and gowns as they hurried up the steps.

  39. Tommy Jones, thrusting out his hand with the full conviction that he was making an important suggestion, exclaimed, 'Chairs and tables!

  40. Nan hesitated, and thrusting her hand into her gown drew forth an envelope and held it out to him.


  41. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "thrusting" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    brunt; bump; cannon; carom; clash; collision; concussion; crash; crunch; driving; encounter; impact; impelling; impulsive; invasive; meeting; motive; moving; onslaught; percussion; shock; smash; smashing