- present participle of shove.
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 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 the bell of his trumpet over a microphone, Mr. Evans produced cymbal-like crashes.
From New York Times • Nov. 6, 2015
Shoving her feet into her boots she laced and knotted them.
From "Julie of the Wolves" by Jean Craighead George
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