onrushing

Example Sentences

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Some performers from the two casts I caught managed to find moments of theatrical coherence within the onrushing action.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Gala goalkeeper Ugurcan Cakir could only parry Khephren Thuram's powerful header into the path of the onrushing Koopmeiners, who tapped in the leveller just a minute later.

From Barron's • Feb. 17, 2026

Think of it as a speed bump for onrushing flames.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 12, 2025

A retreating Kerr-Barlow was unable to ground the ball with sufficient energy and opened the door for the onrushing Roux to charge through and claim Bath's second try.

From BBC • Dec. 6, 2024

It’s easy to oversimplify what was undoubtedly a rapid and dramatic expansion, and to picture all Khoisan in the way being trampled by onrushing Bantu hordes.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond