Sentence examples for thrust over from inspiring English sources

He demonstrated that the north front of the Alpine chain is composed of large superimposed nappes (folded sheets of rock thrust over the rocks beneath).

a Marin Headlands, prehnite-pumpellyite facies OPS imbricates at the western side of Black Sand Beach, Bonita Cove (Fig. 6), where basalt and chert (itself internally imbricated) is thrust over siliciclastic rocks.

These deposits, called molasse, can in turn be folded and thrust over one another shortly after they are deposited.

Stray bottles were thrust over the barriers towards officers to cheers and chants of "Shame on you, we're human too".

And he must coordinate longer levers in the complicated gymnastics required to hang upside down like a vampire bat and swivel gracefully to thrust over the bar.

The old freighted debates over the threats to the survival of their separate traditions were replaced by the normal assembly chamber cut and thrust over civic matters like health and education and transportation.

Then, the eastern Tibet Plateau crust was deforming, breaking and thrusting over the Sichuan Basin crust.

Likewise, the Tejam Group of rocks are thrusted over by the Almora Group of rocks and consists of Pipalkoti and Berinag formations.

In "Campo Afuera," Mr. Zotto and Mariana Norando played wittily with the edge of the stage, veering toward it, feet thrusting over it and then finally pulling back.

The Greater Himalayan sequence was exhumed and thrusted over the Lesser Himalaya sequence at that time.

A young woman ran over, thrust her hands around Patinkin's abdomen, and gave him the Heimlich, which she'd seen on TV.