shove

Example Sentences

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He shoved the book in place, then moved closer to me.

From Literature

Left with no idea how to wrap itself up, “Undertone” throws every one of those horror tropes under a hydraulic press, shoving them together, hoping that the result will be prettier than just polished garbage.

From Salon

Nihill was shoved into a vocational program and most of his friends dropped out of school.

From Los Angeles Times

“Thanks for that helpful and reassuring wisdom, Dad,” she mutters, shoving her Spanish vocab list deep into her bag.

From Literature

For the second time, I felt as if I wanted to shove this conversation aside somehow, wreck it.

From Literature