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Example sentences for "pushed"

Lexicographically close words:
purview; pus; puscule; push; pushcart; pusher; pushers; pushes; pushful; pushing
  1. More excited than in past hunts for seldom-found gold pockets of his early prospecting days, the Westerner pushed aside the dog; worked his two nail-torn hands down and down the smooth-curved sides.

  2. He pushed through the revolving door and into the traffic out front.

  3. And with the waspish exclamation she leaned out, took him by the coat lapels and literally pushed him out of her way.

  4. You must have pushed the box aside when you took out the pieces Irene wanted to wear.

  5. Although the large double canoes of those seas sail at a prodigious rate when once launched, they are so heavy that they cannot with ease be pushed off from the land.

  6. Among them was a young man who pushed forward requesting to be lowered.

  7. All the beautiful in motherhood is very nice if one has plenty to bring up a family on, but what real mother is going to bring a life into the world to be pushed into the drudgery of the world at the earliest possible moment?

  8. She put the box upon the floor, and pushed it well under it, and wholly out of sight.

  9. She tried to wrench them apart, to break, to tear them from her, but they only yielded enough to bend, and then snap back into the very place that she had pushed them from.

  10. He made good his footing, but Jeams was running and waving wildly and, with his voice in my ears, I pushed the dog off with my foot and saw him roll over between the tracks.

  11. With one hand he pushed me toward the entrance whilst, brandishing his revolver with the other, he defended me from the blows that were again aimed at me.

  12. As she softly pushed open the door, with her arm full of bundles, a form rose from the side of a bed and stood before her in the dusk of the room.

  13. She rose with a cry and, stretching out her hands, pushed the child into my arms with a single word: "Save her.

  14. The girl gave him a smile of affection as he pushed back his chair.

  15. They were very kind, and had put baskets of cooked food and other things into the boat; and so we pushed off, and stood out to sea once more.

  16. Selema took her seat on the foremost thwart, Manaia at the stern, and I in the centre, and then we pushed off, and using canoe paddles, made for the passage through the reef out into the open sea.

  17. He was modest, never pushed himself to the front, and was always ready to listen.

  18. All extremes cure themselves, for when matters get pushed to a point where the balance of things is in danger of being disturbed, a Reformer appears and utters his stentorian protest.

  19. In a year his gracious presence, superb voice and rare skill as a musician, pushed him to the front and into favor with the powers, with a yearly salary of four hundred guilders.

  20. He was being pushed on by a noble unrest.

  21. Few perhaps at present who believe in the immateriality of the human soul, would deny the same to an elephant; but it must be owned that the discoveries of zoology have pushed this to consequences which some might not readily adopt.

  22. This is what has been the fate of all who have pushed onward the landmarks of science; they have made that easy for inferior men which was painfully laboured through by themselves.

  23. Specialization is pushed even farther, and lads are kept to a single machine.

  24. And he pushed the notary in his evening coat into the street.

  25. The work has been pushed forward very vigorously, to get her through her first voyage before the autumn.

  26. But he pushed forward a door which had not been locked, and made me go in before him.

  27. He tore away the sheet which she had drawn over her head, and pushed her into the middle of the bed, repeating.

  28. And suddenly he pushed his boots against the thigh of M.

  29. Your disregarded adviser shall then laugh [at you]: as he, who in a passion pushed his refractory ass over the precipice.

  30. I feel just like I would burst," she announced, as she pushed back from the table.

  31. She pushed him into the car and banged the door.

  32. She pushed her shiny glasses to the end of her sharp, little nose and over them surveyed the disheveled maiden before her.

  33. Arethusa pushed her chair back from the table and surveyed them all defiantly.

  34. It seemed to Dolly a terribly long time before any answer came, but it was in reality less than five minutes before a boat was pushed into the water.

  35. They had solaced the tedium of the occasion by a contraband game of checkers during her absence, but had pushed the board under the flounce of the sofa when they heard her steps, and flown back to their tasks.

  36. I pulled myself away from her and pushed her back brutally and ran to the door of Saint John's Church sick bay.

  37. Healthy people drew back in fear whereas the lepers of Saint John's sick bay pushed forward.

  38. The rest of us, who all regarded the girl with cordial affection and took pleasure in her beauty, were all with almost cheerful jealousy pushed away by the crazy student and warrior from his chosen one.

  39. Each person felt a restraining hand on their heart and the wildest among them let themselves be pushed into corners and dead ends without complaint.

  40. That was the name that pushed me even deeper into the abyss and yet alone had the potential to redeem me.

  41. At the report the Cuban's head snapped back almost between his shoulders, but his body fell slowly, as though some one had pushed him gently forward from behind and he had stumbled.

  42. If the tone is pushed forward or crowded into the head or held tight in its place, in the least degree, there is a drawing or a cramping in the throat; there is a "pressing" of the voice.

  43. The tone should not be pushed or held by any slightest effort at the throat.

  44. The voice should never be pushed down or pressed back in the low pitch.

  45. Lord Buntingford, having pushed forward a seat for his guest, went towards the tea-table, and then thought better of it.

  46. And Mrs. Friend found herself gently pushed out of the room.

  47. Helena rather ungraciously pushed forward a chair as they shook hands.

  48. Buntingford, abruptly, as he took the chair Alcott pushed towards him.

  49. He ushered her in, shut the door behind her, and pushed forward an arm-chair.

  50. Her expression changed at once; with what strength she had she pushed him away.

  51. A cloud of wood smoke beat us back, but Maida pushed bravely in, got a window open again, and, after all, there was nothing more exciting than a smoky chimney.

  52. At the door of our chosen lunching-place they surged round the car, pressing against us, and even plucking at our dresses as we pushed through into the house.

  53. Perhaps I'd better make love to her myself," was the suggestion that flashed into my mind; but innate canniness sturdily pushed it out again.

  54. When Mr. Barrymore saw that this was more than a passing whim, he called Sir Ralph to the rescue, Beechy and I jumped out, and the car was pushed to one side.

  55. They looked at the car, communicating by gestures, and then the Prince said, if we would walk to the house the woman there would receive us, while he and his companion pushed the automobile into a shed which the man had.

  56. Outside, he pushed along toward the boat, which presently he could see lying at her landing in the bay, across the sandy tract to the left of the hotels.

  57. Irene pushed some of Penelope's things aside on the dressing-case, to rest her elbow and talk at ease.

  58. The outer office was empty; but while Corey was putting his papers in order it was suddenly invaded by two women, who pushed by the protesting porter on the stairs and made their way towards Lapham's room.

  59. Irene ran and caught her sister, who feigned to be going out of the room, and pushed her into a chair.

  60. He had mechanically pushed her before him into the long, darkened parlour, and he shut himself in there with her now, to keep the household from hearing her lifted voice.

  61. He put out his huge foot and pushed the ground-glass door shut between his little den and the book-keepers, in their larger den outside.

  62. The boat had not long pushed off before one of the crew rushed up to me with consternation written in his face, and exclaimed: "Captain, we have sprung a leak!

  63. They tried Hannibal's temper sorely, by handling his cuirass and helmet; the more he pushed them off the more they laughed and enjoyed his annoyance.

  64. Illustration] After about an hour we were made to cross the causeway from which we had been repelled the day before, and alternately pushed and pulled, we were thrust into one of the huts.

  65. It is too heavy to be pushed about the room.

  66. I knocked; but he didn't make no answer, so I pushed the door open an' went in.

  67. I handed over some money and we pushed on together.

  68. At last he pushed a slip of paper across at me.

  69. The next instant he was pushed far forward by the men crowding behind him.

  70. The man's attention was attracted; he recognized her and pushed her gently but irresistibly back.

  71. Springing into the skiff, she pushed off: if she passed beyond the rushes into the open water she was lost.

  72. Surely," she thought, "something more than inclination must have pushed him into this deadly stagnation.

  73. He pushed back his chair noisily and rose.

  74. He saw me, and pushed through into the hall.

  75. He joined us, and we pushed on, but we spread out as we neared the shore of the lagoon.

  76. Born rich, he had pushed his father's enterprises into many lands and across distant seas, and his name was known, more or less, to all financiers in the nation.

  77. The great, white Floridan stars, however, had pushed through the dark blue canopy of the night, and their light lay softly over the gardens.

  78. But a hundred schemes were pushed busily on; and twelve thousand Englishmen were gathered under an adventurer, Count Mansfield, to march to the Rhine.

  79. It was for this purpose that the forced loan was pushed on; and in July 1627 a fleet of a hundred vessels sailed under Buckingham's command for the relief of Rochelle.

  80. The work was pushed hastily on, for haste was needed.


  81. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "pushed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    crowded; hurried; rushed


    Some related collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    pushed back; pushed forward