Sentence examples for the thrusts from inspiring English sources

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The word "thrusts" can be used in written English.
It can be used as a noun or a verb. As a noun, it refers to forceful pushes, usually forward. For example, "The boxer dodged the thrusts of his opponent." As a verb, it means to push forcefully, usually forward. For example, "The runner thrust forward with all his might."

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the thrusts

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To make advance with force.

  • We thrust at the enemy with our forces.

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The thrusts, Maj.

An unconscious victim is laid on his back and the thrusts administered from above.

Barça, at times overindulgent, at other times patient, and then quickening the thrusts with deadly effect, tormented the Brazilians.

At times the thrusts seem even a bit threatening to the audience, and that pressure makes its laughter more explosive.

Some of the French boar hunts begin with an ancient sacrificial dance — a kind of pas de deux in which a virgin parries the thrusts of a hunter wielding the tusks of the last boar killed.

A powered axle may be either the Hotchkiss type, in which all the driving and braking thrust is taken by the leaf springs, or the torque-arm type, in which the thrusts are taken by the rods.

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The thrust of lust.

Here in the thrust-green.

And I appreciate the thrust.

Vibration kills the thrust.

"I agree with the thrust of it.

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