Sentence examples for thrust closer from inspiring English sources

A government victory in the town could prove a setback to the rebel effort to amass forces for a thrust closer to Damascus, where government forces remain in control.

Crennel is a man of patience, but, as he surveys the new landscape that has suddenly thrust him closer to a head coaching job, he is also one of focused ambition.

It was an astonishing finish but one in keeping with the helter-skelter nature of a contest that, by the end, had thrust Chelsea closer to the knockout round.

I said, 'WHERE IS THE BOMB'! " (The second line is always said with Jack's gun thrusting closer to the other guy's head).

Djokovic saved two championship points but his own hand shook surely as he thrust his closing forehand long.

Rising to the challenge of the film's thrusting close-ups, the actors are believably doomed, with Gregg Almquist particularly strong as an aging crime boss who longs for the good old days of all-white thuggery.

Yvonne fished for something in her tight jeans pocket, thrust it out closed in her fist.

Parnell said his experiences would help if was indeed thrust into the closer role.

Horses and cows perk up their ears and thrust their faces close, quizzing us as if to say: "You're an unusual creature.

How will Davis, Grant Roberts and Satoru Komiyama, each with limited or no major league experience, perform when thrust into a close game in front of a large crowd at Shea Stadium or in Atlanta, where the Mets play this weekend?

The number of thrust events is close to the number of strike-slip events, but almost all of the events with thrust mechanism are distributed over the northern segment, while the aftershocks with strike-slip mechanism only occurred at the north-easternmost end, contrasting with field observations of a substantial strike-slip component of surface rupture over the northern segment.