thrust out
Example Sentences
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My right hip tends to thrust out and my right shoulder hikes closer to my ear, which explains why my right hip resists pigeon pose.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026
On the coastal road at Playa Canizo, a man in a straw hat and sodden fatigues, clasping an equally wet suitcase, thrust out his left arm, hoping for a ride to safety.
From Barron's • Oct. 28, 2025
On the top and bottom of the cylinder, the metal had been pushed up in a concave shape, thrust out from pressure on the inside.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023
When millions of Americans suddenly found themselves thrust out of a job in early 2020, Democrats and Republicans banded together to approve a historic expansion of the country’s unemployment insurance program.
From Washington Post • Feb. 8, 2023
Though the boatman thrust out his pole to try and keep us clear, we smashed against the stone support.
From "The Shakespeare Stealer" by Gary L. Blackwood
