rushing

[ UK /ɹˈʌʃɪŋ/ ]
[ US /ˈɹəʃɪŋ/ ]
NOUN
  1. (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
    the linebackers were ready to stop a rush
  2. the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner
    in his haste to leave he forgot his book
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How To Use rushing In A Sentence

  • The pain in his side was crushing, as if there was a steel hand in there relentlessly closing on an organ. THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS
  • On the fives court, his nervous housemaster could relax, “rushing about,” as Roald described it, “shrieking what a little fool he is, and calling himself all sorts of names when he misses the ball.” Storyteller
  • Cart-horses furbished up for sale, with straw-bound tails and glistening skins; 'baaing' flocks of sheep; squeaking pigs; bullocks with their heads held ominously low, some going, some returning, from the auction yard; shouting drovers; lads rushing hither and thither; dogs barking; everything and everybody crushing, jostling, pushing through the narrow street. Hodge and His Masters
  • Marshals struggled in vain to prevent spectators rushing onto the racetrack.
  • Their pastorals, both published in 1651, offered choices to Royalists in the aftermath of the crushing defeat at Worcester.
  • Marya shook her head, her neatly bobbed dark hair brushing against high cheekbones.
  • His defeat dealt a crushing blow to the party.
  • Do not use power sanders or even vigorous hand brushing.
  • He leaned over and reached into the glove compartment, his forearm accidentally brushing across her thigh.
  • Timing is everything when it comes to telling that skateboarding babe you're majorly crushing on him.
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