thrusting

Example Sentences

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We charged them, thrusting hands, arms, legs, even heads, under the streams of water, washing away the stench of the boxcars.

From Literature

They run at a gallop, thrusting their thin legs ahead of their bodies, two powerful legs at a time.

From Literature

Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped from her home on Feb. 1, thrusting Savannah Guthrie and her family into the national spotlight.

From Los Angeles Times

“Here,” I said, thrusting the salad into her hands.

From Literature

At which point the hare stopped her stretching and proceeded to march back and forth, with her very long back feet alternately thrusting high in the air.

From Literature