Sentence examples for thrust of the action from inspiring English sources

The main thrust of the action involves a bizarre love triangle played out over three continents.

But it's not just the main thrust of the action that makes David Flusfeder's latest book, A Film By Spencer Ludwig, such a joy to read.

It can be foreseen that refusing burdensome treatment will result in death but that is not the main, intended thrust of the action.

Former US college coach Clipper Smith hit on this when he was asked whether he missed the cut and thrust of the action once he was done as a coach.

But the main thrust of the action involves the young Tumble's attempt to be accepted into an elite educational academy, whose unsmiling principal, played by Ronni Ancona, keeps reminding him that she runs a "serious establishment".

This is the classic Hitchcockian gambit of introducing an interesting story that may be the linchpin of the plot, may be an intriguing subplot, may be a parallel story, or may have nothing to do with the principal thrust of the action, but is simply used as a diversionary tactic.

In its simplest form the moldboard plow consists of the share, the broad blade that cuts through the soil; the moldboard, for turning the furrow slice; and the landside, a plate on the opposite side from the moldboard that absorbs the side thrust of the turning action.

The effects of such parameters as stiffness of shaft, static loads of journal bearings, position of lumped mass, position of thrust bearing and arrangement of thrust bearings on the action of thrust bearings are discussed.

The Courtyard, for all its supposed intimacy, also thrusts much of the action upstage so that the actors often seem distant even from the front stalls.

One of the major criticisms of the game stemmed from a disparity between the emotional thrust of the story and the actions of the player, with GameTrailers' Justin Speer pointing out that while the story attempted to characterise Lara Croft as vulnerable and uncomfortable with killing, the player was encouraged to engage enemies aggressively and use brutal tactics to earn more experience points.

He was called up due to the unavailability of O'Neill, and was thrust into the action early on after Morgan picked up an injury.