Example Sentences

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This air, whereof I am reminding thee, Winding athrough the iron's abundant pores So subtly into the tiny parts thereof, Shoves it and pushes, as wind the ship and sails.

From On the Nature of Things by Leonard, William Ellery

Rabs! he opens wide his sack, Shoves the rogues in—Hukepack!

From Max and Maurice a juvenile history in seven tricks by Brooks, Charles Timothy

When he goes to bed at night, Shoves his slippers out of sight; That is why Old Fox, the sinner, Had to go without his dinner.

From The Peter Patter Book of Nursery Rhymes by Wright, Blanche Fisher

The preacher, in a mournful key, Shoves on the Year of Jubilee,   Shows present times without a cure,   With pessimistic portraiture— His back is turned, he cannot see       Her winsome smile.

From Cap and Gown A Treasury of College Verse by Knowles, Frederic Lawrence