expulsive

Example Sentences

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In addition to the Alien franchise making its grand expulsive return this spring, doppelgänger release Life will likewise set an intelligent life form on a crew of unsuspecting astronauts trapped on a spacecraft.

From The Guardian • Mar. 23, 2017

The administration of nitrous oxid analgesia or anesthesia does not interfere with or lessen the uterine contractions or expulsive efforts on the part of the mother—at least not to any appreciable extent.

From The Mother and Her Child by Sadler, William S.

There is such a thing as the expulsive power of an old affection as well as the expulsive power of a new affection.

From Mushrooms on the Moor by Boreham, Frank

It was clear that I had not yet reached the age of the grand expulsive passion which ignores partage.

From A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)

This will appear if we consider what has been called "the expulsive power of a new affection."

From The Ministry of the Spirit by Gordon, A. J. (Adoniram Judson)