Sentence examples for basically thrust from inspiring English sources

Of the situation in Iraq, he said, "We're plenty tough, and we'll remain tough" in the face of "these incidents" that "were basically thrust upon the Iraqi people by gangs, violent gangs" that are "trying to stop progress toward democracy".

The architecture was the loose sort of eclecticism typical of the 1920's, but its basically romantic thrust pulled the pieces of the complex together.

But there is still a basically nonideological thrust to the best of the post-modernist work around today, an understanding of the values of the picturesque, an intuitive sense of what makes a well-composed building.

And, you know, basically the thrust of that is to, you know, bring RSS up to real time, essentially.

But what really upset readers was the manner in which Savage thrust her economic ideology (basically, there's no such thing as a free lunch) into a place where it simply isn't welcome.

As souvenirs were thrust forward for him to sign, Lucas basically accused the lot of being mercenaries out to collect his John Hancock for profit.

"Basically, for the first time since dorm life, you're thrust into this weird social setting that makes it hard to go into your private place and work diligently".

David Rothery, a professor of planetary geosciences, at the Open University, UK, commented: "The Himalayan mountains are being thrust over the Indian plate; there are two or three big thrust faults, basically.

Eight families thrust into mourning.

But oh the forward thrust.

She thrust her finger upward.