Sentence examples for are thrust in a from inspiring English sources

In fact, if teenagers — and adults for that matter — are thrust in a volunteer situation they don't understand or feel that they are simply being assigned made-up work, it can actually have a detrimental effect.

It's like being thrust in a chess match with a master when you've only just started playing.

In recent years, scripted features such as "Gangster Squad" and the summer comedy "The Watch" were thrust in an awkward position after their plot lines echoed real-world fatalities that occurred after they were made.

Two more revolvers are thrust in his belt.

Arms are thrust in the air for the final headliner of the three day festival.

He too liked a handkerchief in his suit coat top pocket and as his raincoat fell open, he saw that it was thrust in at a casual and jaunty angle.

So I turned up to a friend's party and was thrust in front of a 30-year-old dude who worked at GQ.

If benefits were to be significantly cut, 19.8 million more Americans would be thrust in poverty, according to a recent report by the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities.

For a moment, I felt as though I might've been thrust in some sort of thriller: a strange, cryptic warning placed in my hands from an unknown source.

Though I expect the mirror being thrust in our faces to provoke a fair number of "oh, man, I did that" winces, it's also something of a badge of honor to be the subject of a Guest mockumentary, so I'm bracing myself in anticipation.

Like overworked parents trying desperately to distract their restless children, the A-League All Stars is thrust in our faces.