thrust

Example Sentences

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The series centres on two detectives finding a new beginning after they are thrust together by circumstance.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

It was the first officially confirmed high-thrust solid-fuel engine test since September last year, when state media said an engine generated a maximum thrust of 1,971 kilonewtons.

From Barron's • Mar. 29, 2026

They seem to be lowering Christ’s corpse, which is thrust forward from the picture plane, onto the altar below the painting.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

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

Then he nodded and loaded the marked boxes onto a trolley full of other boxes and thrust the printout into the boy’s hands.

From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman