thrust - use in sentences

Adjective modifier

  • squat: Alternate leg squat thrusts - count reps on 1 leg only.
  • pelvic: Folic acid what you need to know Do your pelvic thrusts!

Converse of object

  • parry: He spun round - just managed to parry a vicious upward thrust aimed at his heart.

Preposition: into

  • limelight: But when her anti-Bush slogan hits the headlines, she herself is thrust into the limelight.
  • spotlight: Lord Cullen is a lawyer of rare distinction who has been thrust into the public spotlight by sad events.

Adjective modifier

  • main: Thus warned, the main thrust of their disdain is aimed at Alan Parker, not the subject, followed by the writing.
  • upward: He spun round - just managed to parry a vicious upward thrust aimed at his heart.
  • broad: The broad thrust of the Group's strategy remains unchanged.
  • reverse: The engine sound will initially decrease to idle speed, but then increase as reverse thrust is applied.

Modifies a noun

  • reverser: Each of the ducts has a pair of servo tabs that works in a similar manner to the thrust reversers on jet engines.
  • washer: If the gears are in the correct position then slide the new thrust washers into place between the carrier and planet gear.
  • bearing: A common problem with endfloat is a lack of thrust bearings or washers at the ends of the slow motion shaft.
  • fault: Drainage incision also indicates uplift at depth on thrust faults dipping eastwards beneath the folds.
  • axis: Of note is the fact that the use of the thrust axis largely eliminates the x-dependence of the thrust.

Noun used with modifier

  • greatness: But some have greatness thrust upon them, even when they also have an unfortunate sexual attraction to vampires.
  • spear: His tomb shows an angel bearing his soul to Heaven and apparently his spear thrust into a dragon's jaw.
  • jaw: First using onl " jaw thrust " to open the airway.

Followed by an intransitive particle

  • aside: But they are rapidly being thrust aside by the avowed revolutionaries, whose influence is increased every time the government capitulates to them.

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