rushes

Example Sentences

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And out rushes a blazingly cathartic torrent of honesty and horror.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

Listening to music rushes her work because she is tempted to sculpt or sew or cook to the beat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 13, 2026

The anticipation and exuberance that bounced around in the arena moments ago gets sucked out of the concrete and cold dread rushes in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 14, 2026

The 'them' to which she is referring are rushes, the thick grass-like plant that farmers may wish wasn't in their fields.

From BBC • Jan. 31, 2026

“Have a new dress made for my bride; she’s outgrown the one she’s wearing,” he says, and rushes off.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar