Use thrust in a sentence
Sentences starting with thrust
- Thrust them aside as she would, questions continually recurred to her as to how she would order her life now, after that. [2]
Sentences ending with thrust
- Comrade, how still you stepped, your bayonet thrust out before you, clearing the mists, your eyes straining, your teeth set, ready to thrust. [11]
- I might quarrel with Grafton, who had sense enough to feel pain at a well deserved thrust. [9]
- He was then not more than seventeen years of age, slight of build, with brownish hair, dark grey eyes, and had over the right shoulder a scar from a sword thrust. [11]
- But the poetical illusion about an English May,-- "Zephyr with Aurora playing, As he met her once a-Maying,"-- and all that, received a shrewd thrust. [6]
- The thought that his wife should ever be required to honor this handicraftsman, if only as a step-father, and that he should hear himself addressed by him as "Son," was too shrewd a thrust. [10]
- You are not an animal lover as I am; yes, even when I shoot them or fight them I admire them, just as I'd admire a swordsman who, in 'quart,' would give me death by the wonderful upper thrust. [11]
Short sentences using thrust
- The soldiers thrust Yusef back. [11]
- Pierre thrust forward the tobacco-bag. [11]
- She thrust it away. [5]
More example sentences with the word thrust in them
- One civilian, a youngish man a little inclined to stoutness, stopped at the gate, stared, then thrust some papers in his pocket and hurried down the side street. [9]
- To escape fear, you will thrust your wife from the house; fear, you say, would undermine your strength. [10]
- The modest fellow would have liked fame thrust upon him for some worthy achievement; it might be for a book, or for the skillful management of some great newspaper, or for some daring expedition like that of Lt. Strain or Dr. Kane. [5]
- If necessary, she would find means to thrust him also aside, spite of his sister Charmian and the old tie which united him to Cleopatra. [10]
- Mr. Isaac D. Worthington stood erect beside the table, his hand thrust into the opening of his coat, and spoke at the rate of one hundred and eight words a minute, for exactly one hour. [9]
- Even the policemen wore happy smiles, and in some instances the election officers themselves in absent-minded exuberance thrust bunches of ballots into the boxes! [9]
- Yet not a word which could have resembled a question escaped his beardless lips while he examined, sewed, and bandaged the deep sword thrust with the skill and care of a surgeon. [10]
- Beside my couch, with his hands on his hips and his feet thrust out, stood Gabord, looking down at me in a quizzical and unsatisfied way. [11]
- And Queen Tryphoena, whom history recorded as a monster, had not killed her husband, but merely thrust him from the throne. [10]
- And no one who has not experienced that environment can have any conception of the pressure it exerted to stifle originality, to thrust the new generation into its religious and commercial moulds. [9]
- His face was white and set; his head was thrust forward, as though looking at something far ahead of him; the pony stallions he was driving were white with sweat, and he had an air of tragic helplessness and panic. [11]
- I recollect that while I was speaking a drum went by the church, and how I was disgusted to see all the heads near the windows thrust out of them, as if the building were on fire. [6]
- Once in a while he thrust his hand through his dry, ashy hair which was of a tone with the paleness of his face. [9]
- On that side where I stood ancient oaks thrust their gnarled roots into the water, and these knees were bridged by treacherous platforms of moss. [9]
- I wondered mightily what tailor had thrust this garment upon him; its fashion was of the old king's time, the cuffs slashed like a sea-officer's uniform, and the shoulders made carefully round. [9]
- Hands clutching money, were thrust aloft out of the jam by men who hoped this eloquent appeal would cleave a road their strugglings could not open. [5]
- These human hands were swift, too, as when they thrust the bobbins of roving on the ring-spinning frames to be twisted into yarn. [9]
- The more unskilful were obliged to thrust at this figure to train the hand and eye; the others stood face to face in pairs and fought under Georg's direction with blunt foils. [10]
- The Keilhau ones were kept in a cellar, and through the opening we thrust a pole to which the blade of a rapier was fastened. [10]
- On the hummocks were graves, graves marked by wooden crosses, others by broken rifles thrust in the ground. [9]
- The handspike was waved and thrust into the best leverage, the long robust cry, "O-hee-hee-hoi! [11]
- But the Frenchman was too agile and adroit for him: he took the thrust in the flesh of his ribs and riposted like lightning. [11]
- A muffled head was suddenly thrust out from under the straw, a voice cried: "A hospital on wheels! [10]
- The charming creature was opening her lips to speak in reply, when the door was hastily opened too, and the head of Sampson Brass was thrust into the room. [12]
- But his purpose was not fulfilled, for suddenly, flaming with passionate wrath, she thrust the purse aside, groaning: "Not an obol of the accursed destruction of souls shall come back to Hanno, nor even into the family store. [10]
- Though the body was held erect, yet the head was thrust slightly forward, and the heavy eyebrows were like a pent-house. [11]
- For Richard Armour was a sensible man, notwithstanding his peculiarities; and perhaps the most sensible words he ever wrote were in that letter thrust unceremoniously into Frank Armour's pocket. [11]
- He opened the waistcoat and thrust his hand inside the shirt. [11]
- She thrust the volume into the desk, turned the key, and burst out crying with shame and vexation. [5]
- Something in the voice, insistent, vibrating, personal, made every note a thrust of victory. [11]
- I heard Ralph's voice, and turned to discover him standing beside me, his long legs thrust slightly apart, his hands in his pockets, overlooking the scene with typical, semi-contemptuous amusement. [9]
- But now his voice was natural, and he thrust the paper into the young man's lap. [9]
- It's a huge vessel, moved by wheels, by which the water is thrust aside. [10]
- This is a very convenient infirmity for gentlemen who indulge in slightly aggressive remarks, but when they are hit back never seem to be conscious at all of the _riposte_,--the return thrust of the fencer. [6]
- He took it up with a strange smile and thrust it into the coals. [11]
- Then he took up the pieces of paper, and, going to the fire, which was still lighted of an evening, thrust them inside. [11]
- As Lord Rippingdale turned to Charles to raise him, the coach-door was opened upon the other side, a light was thrust in, and over the unconscious body of the King my lord recognised John Enderby. [11]
- He made no trial thereafter to interrupt our talk, but sat and drummed upon a stool with his keys, or loitered at the window, or now and again thrust his hand into my pockets, as if to see if weapons were concealed in them. [11]
- Not a lip trembled nor an eye faltered when a backwoodsman, his memory aflame at sight of the pitiful white scalps on their belts, thrust through the crowd to curse them. [9]
- As he moved toward the bridge they made a lane for him to pass; one or two he thrust out of his way. [9]
- He thrust the torch into the ground, and, with the dagger grasped tightly, carefully opened the cage and stepped inside. [11]
- The party now took up the line of march for old Doctor Kittredge's house, Abel carrying the pistol and knife, and Mr. Bernard walking in silence, still half-stunned, holding the hay-fork, which Abel had thrust into his hand. [6]
- In the seminary, too, volumes by semi-learned clergymen had been thrust into his hands, efforts which Hodder recalled now, in spite of his mental state, with a smile. [9]
- They only surrender to us what they gave us for a consideration long, long ago; what they have not now asked for, struggled or cared for; what has been thrust upon them, not less to their astonishment than to ours. [7]
- The shopwoman ran to the nurse, thrust the beads into her hands, and said: "Monsieur shall have them for twenty-five! [5]
- But he chooses to still try to thrust me upon different ground, without paying any attention to my answers, the obtaining of which from me cost him so much trouble and concern. [7]
- Presently she began to speak in a low, even voice, he looking down at her, his feet apart, his hand thrust backward towards the heat. [9]
- As Charley stooped to put wood in the fire, the tailor thrust a foot forward and pushed the piece of paper further under the table. [11]
- These arrangements perfected to his entire satisfaction, he thrust his hands into his pockets, and walked up and down the office with measured steps. [12]
- Ditmar, who was to have led her out of captivity, had only thrust her the deeper into bondage.... She joined the group, halting on the edge of it, listening. [9]
- She helped Orion to fold her veil twice over her face, and did not thrust him aside when he whispered in her ear: "Let us see if a kiss cannot be sweet even through all that wrapping!--Now, come. [10]
- He understood how to bring her into close relations with Pothinus and other rulers of the state, and thus at last united all who possessed any power in the royal palace in an endeavour to thrust Cleopatra from the throne. [10]
- For all this time Mr. Trevor had been fidgeting in his seat; but now he opened his long coat, button by button, and thrust his hand inside the flap. [9]
- You cut, you thrust, you bruise, you put acid in the sores-- the sharpest nitric acid; and then you heal with a kiss of remorse, and that is acid too--carbolic acid, and it smells of death. [11]
- Many of these thrust them in their pockets, for there were not enough belts to go around. [9]
- Glozel's head was thrust out of the window three floors up, and she called to Jean Jacques to come quickly. [11]
- Why don't--" Carnac thrust out a hand that said silence. [11]
- With difficulty he thrust one through the bars. [11]
- The last bitter thrust of the Duke had touched no raw flesh, his withers were unwrung. [11]
- A dog's nose thrust itself into his hand. [11]
- My feet were thrust into two pairs of heavy woollen stockings, and Dorothy bound her own silk kerchief at my throat, whispering anxious questions the while. [9]
- History had been thrust into the background. [9]
- I had, however, thrust into my pocket the Minneapolis papers, which had been handed me by the clerk on their arrival at the inn, which happened just as I was leaving. [9]
- One letter she thrust into her dress, but the other she laid aside, and her knees trembled under her as she rose and went into the entry and raised the latch and opened the door. [9]
- He had been thrust into an unwatched kitchen, the first day of his return; he not only came forth empty-handed, but tried to rouse the housemates. [5]
- He rose and thrust his hands into his pockets. [9]
- His hands were thrust down in the pockets of his linen coat; her hands opening and shutting her parasol slightly. [11]
- One hand was thrust deeper into its pocket, he saw a shudder run through her, and suddenly she burst into hysterical weeping, sinking into a chair. [9]
- A stick was thrust between her jaws and she was fastened with a leash, as if bridled, her legs were bound together, and Daniel rolled her over once or twice from side to side. [2]
- The Spaniard scornfully thrust aside with his foot the inert body lying on the ground. [10]
- In anger Knife-in-the-Wind thrust an arrow into the ground and said: "How can the white man who died thousands of moons ago in a far country save the red man to-day? [11]
- As I was thrust along out of the hall by the ebb of the crowd still other expressions of this esteem came to me in fragments, expressions of sorrow and dismay, of a loyalty I had not imagined. [9]
- Then Mrs. Falchion thrust a red-hot iron into the powder, and an explosion ensued. [11]
- His Lordship watched this thrust and parry with an ill-concealed delight. [9]
- Having given him this piece of moral advice for his trouble (which, as he wisely observed, was far better than half-pence) the Perpetual Grand Master of the Glorious Apollos thrust his hands into his pockets and sauntered away: still pondering as he went. [12]
- They charged at this cry like a herd of mad buffalo, the weaker ones trampled under foot or thrust against the wall. [9]
- He forbore from thinking, now, of the looming events which might thrust them apart,--put a physical distance between them,--his anxiety was concerned with the possible snapping of the thread of sympathy which had bound them. [9]
- Besides, beyond this thing she regarded as a sacred obligation thrust upon her, was the need of a helper, of a friend, of a champion in this critical time. [13]
- But presently, while they sat talking of many things, the canvas of the fly was thrust back with a quick movement, and who should come stooping in but General Sherman himself. [9]
- He had left these quiet scenes inexperienced and untravelled, to be thrust suddenly into the thick of a struggle of nations over a sick land. [11]
- She began eating them ravenously; but presently paused, and thrust them back toward him. [9]
- She thrust aside the young men and maid who made up the Court of Love as a swift ship cuts through the small fry in the water. [10]
- When she saw the wild impulse in his face to thrust her aside, she added: "It is only the shameless coward that strikes the dead. [11]
- Then she raised the tiny blood-stained weapon for a second stroke; but ere she could give her enemy another thrust, Ephraim flung himself between her and her victim and wrenched the dagger from her grasp. [10]
- Leicester found that the thrust--the fatal thrust learned from an Italian master-- he meant to give, was met by a swift precision, responding to quick vision. [11]
- It stung like the thrust of a stiletto. [6]
- As Melitta and the stranger came nearer she thrust her little head through the roses to hear what the handsome youth was saying so kindly in his broken Greek. [10]
- The rest of the spectators also kept anxious and uneasy silence while the lictors bound Zminis's hands, and, in spite of his attempts to raise his voice once more in self-defense, dragged him away and thrust him out across the threshold of the dining-hall. [10]
- For an instant the sorrowful face lighted, the square chin trembled, and the hands thrust out towards Lawless, but suddenly dropped. [11]
- A thrust of the point, and in an instant gone, and no one to know, no one to discover, no one to add blame to blame, to pile shame upon shame. [11]
- Austen laid down the paper, leaned back in his chair, and thrust his hands in his pockets, and with a little vertical pucker in his forehead, regarded his friend. [9]
- Then Sheila thrust the paper in her bosom, and an instant later a nurse, sent by the resident doctor, entered. [11]
- The drum taps, the ney pipes, the mandolin twangs, her arms are extended--the castanets clink, a foot is thrust out, the bosom heaves, the waist trembles. [4]
- Several times, in the month just past, she had had unwonted attacks of dizziness, of faintness, and on one occasion Anna Mower, alarmed, had opened the window of the bibliotheque and thrust her into the cold air. [9]
- The vanguard of the mob, thrust on by increasing pressure from behind, tumbled backward the thin cordon of police, drew nearer and nearer the bayonets, while the soldiers grimly held their ground. [9]
- She looked at the missive steadfastly for a moment, then thrust it into the folds of her dress and, very pale, walked quietly to the house, where, inside her own room, she lighted a candle. [11]
- He half drew the letter from his pocket, but thrust it back again. [11]
- Sukey, having adjusted the last pin, became hysterical over her handiwork, Millicent Skinner stared openmouthed, words having failed her for once, and Jethro thrust his hands in his pockets in a quiet ecstasy of approbation. [9]
- She disappeared with the iron cross, and flying across the street, thrust it inside the post-office, then ran to the house of the Notary. [11]
- Stepping jerkily to the fireplace he thrust it into the flame. [11]
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