Sentence examples for was thrust on from inspiring English sources
On 11 March 1829, one of his towering masterpieces, the St Matthew Passion, was thrust on an unsuspecting world.
Adulthood was thrust on her early.
It was like I was thrust on the world".
Air pollution was thrust on to the world stage and has stayed there ever since.
"This was thrust on her, and she's risen to the occasion".
Nearby, actors recreate the moment when young Iphigénie was thrust on an altar by her father, wielding a sacrificial knife.
In fact, Malians feel that elections are being thrust on them – "governed by Paris", as one commentator put it – by the colonial power that had a significant hand in creating the current national crisis in the first place.
We are waging war because it has been thrust on us.
They all were thrust on that stage without understanding what had just happened.
The Mets appeared flummoxed by being thrust on an international stage.
By dint of his age, Mr. Stiller said, a career sideline has been thrust on him.
