Sentence examples for make a rush for from inspiring English sources

There remain only the Amerika, which leaves Southampton and Cherbourg to-day, and the Majestic, on Wednesday, which will have to make a rush for the other side to be in time.

Fearing that the large supplies depot would fall into Japanese hands should they make a rush for Bukit Timah too soon, General Archibald Wavell, Allied commander-in-chief of the Far East sent an urgent message to Percival: By 11 February, the Jurong-Kranji Defence Line was left undefended which allowed the Japanese forces to sweep through the Line to attack Bukit Timah.

He and several other passengers made a rush for the cabin, to do something.

Andy made a rush for the carcass, only to see the dog grab it and race away.

Occasionally, we had to herd one or two back to our plates if they made a rush for the border.

But pretty quickly, the hundreds-strong group found another, un-policed, entrance to the station and made a rush for it.

The Iron Dome has shot down most projectiles liable to hit Israeli towns and cities, but the rocket salvoes have made a rush to shelters a daily routine for hundreds of thousands of people across the country.

Vick was injured trying to make a play, rushing for a touchdown, doing something far outside of Brady's job description.

Graebner makes a blind rush for the net, preferring to be caught in motion than helpless on the baseline.

The Americans could not keep playing from behind like a distance runner, or a thoroughbred, waiting until those terrible, pressured moments before making a frantic rush for the finish.

What Cashman repeated in a confident tone was that the Yankees were in no rush to make a trade for a pitcher because they might have the answer to their growing problems by looking to their own organization.