thrust
Example Sentences
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In a separate situation, Lopez said, an 18-year-old has been suddenly thrust into caring for two siblings after her mother, a single parent, was deported.
From Los Angeles Times
The last two weeks have thrust Vonn back onto the international stage as well as the podium, which she climbed in four of her first five races this season.
From Los Angeles Times
The thrust stage, representing Amahl’s humble house, is a simple wooden platform, open to a radiantly starry sky; a lively shepherds’ chorus swirls around it, and the Kings enter down the aisles through the audience.
A top Chinese military test pilot told a Chinese newspaper in 2016 that domestically made engines struggled with insufficient thrust, high fuel consumption rates and poor reliability.
So now is a good time to be clear-eyed about possible warning signs and consider what you would do if “get a new job” were thrust onto your list of New Year’s resolutions.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
