Sentence examples for thrust at from inspiring English sources

'thrust at' is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when describing someone attacking someone or something physically, mentally, or emotionally. For example: The angry mob thrust at the barricade, trying to break through.

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Programs and posters were thrust at him.

It was cut and thrust at the gallop.

As I watched, a sack of flour was thrust at my chest.

Lady Rose is being thrust at us as the one to get interested in, isn't she?

Spear, a pole weapon with a sharp point, either thrown or thrust at an enemy or prey.

The Hornet looks a little like a green vacuum cleaner and produces 300 pounds of thrust at full power.

They had thrust at Mr. Schlöndorff pens and copies of his memoir, "Light, Shadows and Movement: My Life and My Films".

Other brands publicists have thrust at journalists include Ford, W Residences, T-Mobile, 7 for All Mankind jeans, Tic Tac mints, Solstice sunglasses, Patrón tequila and Ultimat vodka.

There would ultimately be 9m pounds of thrust at liftoff, considerably more than the now-retired shuttle, said former astronaut Charles Precourt, an Orbital ATK vice-president.

Faced with an opponent teetering on the edge of the battlements, they thrust at United not with a rapier edge but with a breadstick.

The fact that other parties treat him as a 'pariah' merely helps his cause, the paper said, adding: "Nobody had so many cameras and microphones thrust at him".

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