Pushed

Examples

• She put up her spectacles, shut the Bible, and pushed her chair back from the table. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• They heard a rifle bolt snick as it was drawn back and then the knock against the wood as it was pushed forward and down on the stock. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• Wright's corps pushed to Hanover Court House. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Thence he pushed on to Waynesboro', where he found the enemy in force in an intrenched position, under General Early. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• I lightly pushed the heavy leaf; would it yield? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• He pushed his face forward as he spoke and his lips and eyelids were continually twitching like a man with St. Vitus's dance. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• Sherman paid no attention at all to the overture, but pushed forward and took the town without making any conditions whatever with its citizens. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• Hubbard had advertised Bell’s telephone, Sanders had financed it, and now Vail pushed it on the market. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
• Mr. Helstone pushed up his spectacles from his nose to his forehead, handled his snuff-box, and administered to himself a portion of the contents. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• The man who was being pushed out by Pablo and Cuatro Dedos was Don Anastasio Rivas, who was an undoubted fascist and the fattest man in the town. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
• While turning in febrile restlessness, she had pushed the coverlets a little aside. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• She pushed her hair off her forehead nervously. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• He pushed open a half-closed door, and we both stood appalled at the sight before us. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Hancock's corps pushed toward Totopotomoy Creek; Warren's corps to the left on the Shady Grove Church Road, while Burnside was held in reserve. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• You pushed me down there, said Tom, faintly. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• We have in our police reports realism pushed to its extreme limits, and yet the result is, it must be confessed, neither fascinating nor artistic. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• With these injunctions, he pushed the rattling door with his shoulder, and entered the house, followed by his companion. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Mrs Lammle, settling into her defiant manner, pushed her plate away, looked at her husband, and laughed; but by no means gaily. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• In 1784, Mr. Bramah obtained a patent for a propeller similar in its forms to the vanes of a windmill, which by acting obliquely on the water as it revolved, pushed the boat forward. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• On the 8th of May he moved again, taking his whole force to Farmington, and pushed out two divisions close to the rebel line. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• For my own part, I swam as fortune directed me, and was pushed forward by wind and tide. Jonathan Swift. Gulliver's Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World.
• I was thirsty and I reached for the bell and pushed the button. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Here the boys called out that Mas'r Haley was coming, and then an unceremonious kick pushed open the door. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• When it was necessary to move from one spot to another she either jerked her roughly, or pushed her headlong before her. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
• Thus all the clocks in the series could be regulated every hour, for the collapse of the clippers pushed the hand forward if it were too late, or thrust it back if it had gained. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• Mr. Grant Munro pushed impatiently forward, however, and we stumbled after him as best we could. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• In pursuance of this idea, he pushed open the door gently--but the room was inhabited. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Then she pushed the mask away. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• Bernouilli, Genevois, and the Marquis de Jouffroy used paddles on the duck’s foot principle, which closed when dragged forward, and expanded when pushed to the rear. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Relieving him of his trappings, which I flung down beside him, we left the poor fellow to his fate, and pushed on with the one thoat as best we could. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.

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