So was the concern for clients: elderly, disoriented men and women thrust, without warning, into a stranger's care.
Clarke urged caution, warning against thrusting Howe into the job too soon.
With no warning, we were thrust into the dark world of a neurological nightmare: cognitive, physical and emotional abilities significantly reduced, daily seizures, job loss, rising medical bills, family life turned upside down, anger, sorrow, grief.
Without warning, I was thrust into a hormone-laced universe of spouting pubic hair and the Rolling Stones.
With seven million people tuning in to each episode, The Biggest Loser has helped thrust the medical community's warnings about obesity into a prominent position in the national consciousness.
For a moment, I felt as though I might've been thrust in some sort of thriller: a strange, cryptic warning placed in my hands from an unknown source.
She also wrote to the chairman of the Royal Opera House, Colin Southgate, warning that the Royal Ballet was "sliding into mediocrity" for lack of "intellectual thrust".
Eight families thrust into mourning.
But oh the forward thrust.
She thrust her finger upward.
