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shoved

verb as in push without gentleness

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They shouted and scuffled as the Half-Breed gatekeepers shoved them aside.

There are 30 or 40 people shoved into a room with one toilet.

It was nighttime; Isaias grabbed me and my baby and shoved us out of the apartment into the cold winter air.

The guard shoved him against the wall, jerked his hands behind him and handcuffed him.

She is about to get pages 196 and 197, torn from People and heavily marked with a highlighter pen, shoved under her door.

I would have examined the poor man, but the friends kicked up a great row and shoved me off.

While I was watching over my shoulder, three or four sandeaters coming out of the back room shoved me aside to get at him.

He shoved Coulter as far off as possible and at the same time struck out to regain the surface of the lake.

He found himself seized by his wrists and held as if he had shoved his arms into steel clamps.

Then as suddenly she turned around and came back, and very carefully shoved a cushion under the man's feet.

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On this page you'll find 27 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to shoved, such as: poke, nudge, dig, elbow, thrust, and cram.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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