Shoving
[ʃʌviŋ]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Shove
Typist: Marvin
Examples
- No, no, cried Holmes, shoving him back into the chair from which he had half risen. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- I say,' rejoined Bolter, 'don't yer go shoving me into danger, or sending me any more o' yer police-offices. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- They take as much genuine pleasure in building a barricade as they do in cutting a throat or shoving a friend into the Seine. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- 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.
- I want them out of the way, and you're always shoving them in it. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
Typist: Marvin