onrush

Example Sentences

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I am simply pro-understanding that events will rush onward and dealing with feelings privately vs. vainly trying, ragefully failing, to slow the onrush of events.

From Washington Post • Apr. 19, 2023

The islands themselves are an important line of defense when it comes to protecting the coastline from storms, and their marshes absorb the onrush of waters from a storm surge.

From Scientific American • Apr. 6, 2023

The album’s subdued arrangements and upfront vocals offer a chance to focus on lyrics that were obscured in the onrush of U2’s original versions.

From New York Times • Mar. 17, 2023

Last month, a pre-monsoon flash flood, triggered by an onrush of waters from upstream India’s northeastern states, hit Bangladesh’s northern and northeastern regions, destroying crops and damaging homes and road network vastly.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 17, 2022

It was a jaw-cracking, lung-bursting yawn that lasted almost a minute, or felt like it and for all that Lyra struggled, she couldn’t resist the onrush of sleep.

From "The Golden Compass" by Philip Pullman