Shoved

Examples

• He broke off the cork and the end had to be shoved down into the bottle. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The bridge was carried quickly, the enemy retreating over it so hastily that many were shoved into the river, and some of them were drowned. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• He had shoved the safety catch off and he pushed Maria away with his left hand. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• He shoved the large tin of cigarettes which stood on a table beside him towards my companion. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Robert Jordan reached down the table for a cup and poured a drink of whiskey into it and shoved it along the table to Anselmo. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• These military gentlemen are ungrateful to an invention which shoved and butted them into victory almost in spite of themselves. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Don't tell me your nonsense about the proper spot, said old Smith, I have almost had the breath shoved out of my body to-night. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• Star pistol out of its holster and shoved it against the officer's shoulder. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Well, the carriage is waiting, and the crowd are now off, so that one can walk out in a decent and Christian manner, and not be pushed and shoved. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Then he wrote upon a piece of paper and shoved it beneath the partition. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• After a while the English ambulance came up and they put me onto a stretcher and lifted the stretcher up to the ambulance level and shoved it in. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He bent down and shoved us off. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• The two who had me shoved me in with the group waiting to be questioned. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Consequently, I said as little as I could, and had my face shoved against the kitchen wall. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• With many people pushing me, I moved the chair close against the wall, shoving it ahead of me as they shoved me from behind. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Somebody has shoved the comb out of my head, I declare; and I have torn my dress, said the youngeSt. Why don't William stay with the girls? Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
• The muzzle was so hot it burned his shoulder and he shoved it far behind him turning the stock flat in his hand. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.

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