Synonym: bear, drive, goad, press, prod, propel, push, ram, shove. Similar words: rust, crust, trust, rustle, rustic, distrust, frustrate, frustration. Meaning: [θrʌst] n. 1. the force used in pushing 2. a strong blow with a knife or other sharp pointed instrument 3. the act of applying force to propel something 4. verbal criticism 5. a sharp hand gesture (resembling a blow). v. 1. push forcefully 2. press or force 3. make a thrusting forward movement 4. impose or thrust urgently, importunately, or inexorably 5. penetrate or cut through with a sharp instrument 6. force (molten rock) into pre-existing rock 7. push upward 8. place or put with great energy.
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61. I thrust my sword into his chest.
62. He never thrust himself forward.
63. They thrust their way through the dense crowd.
64. The demonstrators were thrust back behind the barriers.
65. They thrust him into the back of a jeep.
66. He thrust his hand into his coat pocket.
67. She thrust her way through the dense undergrowth.
68. Children of famous people have fame thrust upon them.
69. He had an encyclopedic command of the field of knowledge, and by a word or a phase, by delicate rapier thrust, he punctured them.
70. She never enjoyed the fame that was thrust upon her.
71. He's going to direct the main thrust of his work towards reforming welfare policy.
72. The thrust of his argument was that change was needed.
73. Tony has now been thrust into the limelight, with a high-profile job.
74. He walked past with his collar turned up and his hands thrust into his pockets.
75. Tom thrust me aside.
76. The main thrust of her argument was that women are compromised by the demands of childcare.
77. The realisation that she was gone was like a knife thrust.
78. Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.
79. The bodyguards thrust past the crowd to get at the cameraman.
80. He thrust Martin aside.
81. The rock is said to thrust 100 feet above the water.
82. He thrust his hand between a sheaf of loosened papers and crackled them.
83. The main thrust of the research will be the study of the early Universe and galaxy formation.
84. She is rather annoyedat having three extra guests suddenly thrust on her.
85. They thrust a microphone in front of me and fired questions at me.
86. He jumped back to avoid another thrust of the knife.
87. The dramatic thrust of the film centres around the conflict between the brothers.
88. As I fought back,(http://sentencedict.com/thrust.html) he drew his sword and thrust it at me.
89. It provides the thrust that makes the craft move forward.
90. The Third Army made an aggressive thrust towards the front line.