Example Sentences

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Shoving more data into the algorithm seems to be a path to clarity: “Who are we except for a chain of memories, stories that turn into the big story of identity?”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 20, 2022

Shoving them in the wash, I pop on the grey jumper and trouser combo that are so close in shade they look like a two-piece.

From The Guardian • Dec. 26, 2018

Shoving all the showy stuff aside and focusing only on her, Better Watch Out becomes a solid movie about holding onto a moral code and a sense of humor under pressure.

From The Verge • Oct. 3, 2017

Shoving aside a European prime minister to make his way to the front of a photo.

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2017

Shoving open my window, I open the box and let its contents fall onto the front lawn.

From "A Mango-Shaped Space" by Wendy Mass