shove

Example Sentences

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“Here, take the Amboy Times,” he said, his eyes on the biscuit as he shoved a paper at me.

From Literature

Martinelli dropped the ball on his opponent before shoving him in the back in an attempt to get him off the playing surface to allow the game to continue.

From BBC

In addition to social isolation, surging layoffs in the public and private sectors are shoving more people into early retirement against their will.

From MarketWatch

Attendees stampeded, pushing and shoving and yelling as if there were one cake, not 1,000.

From The Wall Street Journal

Bruccoleri says Austen's dry, funny writing provides sharp societal commentary without shoving its message "down your throat".

From BBC