thrusting

Example Sentences

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Then in March this year, a YouTuber who goes by the name Reckless Ben got involved - thrusting this local drama into the spotlight.

From BBC • Jun. 18, 2026

As amiable as the movie is from the jump, it wastes no time thrusting viewers into a world in complete peril, refusing to sugarcoat the modern realities of a once-robust industry.

From Salon • May 1, 2026

Such hunting was an extremely risky business: The pelvic wound suggests that the hunter may have been directly beneath his prey, thrusting upward.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

But it’s also thrusting a decades-old accounting debate back into the spotlight.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 21, 2026

Nina tilted her head back to gaze at the high black towers of the fortress known as Hellgate, a dark fist of stone thrusting up from the sea.

From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo