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.
A grid of rhomboid forms, like windows in a high-rise, tilts and careens to the upper right of the 12-foot expanse of Lost Highway, as though rushing away.
These are all lonely, arguably damaged people, and once you get past the silliness it's all rather crushingly sad. TV highlights 10/08/201: Timothy Spall: Back At Sea | The Sopranos | Who Do You Think You Are? | 24 Hours in A&E | Forbidden Love
But as he neared the crux of his missive, he was suddenly interrupted by a flurry of black tresses and wrinkled muslin rushing into the room.
Ballack set him free with subtle chip over the top, and Klose skinned the out-rushing keeper before slotting it home with ease.
We rode into the clearing and the sound of the river rushing seemed almost unreal.
Not without a painful emotion of impending danger, as I watched the stellular reflections dancing in the rushing river, did I wander on in the wake of a group of pack-ponies, and took my turn in being assisted over the broken chasms by the muleteers. Across China on Foot
Layer two sheets of filo, brushing each with melted butter.
As there were no crushing teeth in the mouth, vegetation must have been swallowed and then crushed in a gizzard similar to that found in many birds.
Debenhams, a British department store that has consistently combatted various techniques employed by the media, banned airbrushing in its 2010 swim and lingerie campaigns. Marissa Lepor: Natural Beauty: A Lost Art?
After drying, and brushing, and pulling and brushing and drying some more, my hair was one huge, frizzy, fuzzy mop.
Could this be the end of fortysomething fellows abandoning their wives and rushing off in pursuit of fast cars and fast women? Times, Sunday Times
Inside the flat, police found traces of ricin, castor oil beans and equipment for crushing the beans.
Two and half hours later, the call ended, and after completing some pre-nite-nite activities (filling of the water bottle, nibbing of the snacks, brushing of the teefies), I snorgled up in bed with the dogs. Haloaskew Diary Entry
However, after a little, the raft glided into open air and I saw before me a wide valley, whereinto the river fell with a noise like the rolling of thunder and a swiftness as the rushing of the wind. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Gum Boots would have swallowed if he could have stopped his Adam's apple from rushing up and down his neck.
Water saving tips include washing the car with a bucket instead of a hose, ensuring washing machines and dishwashers have a full load, and turning off the tap while brushing teeth.
I saw a report on CNN where a woman was rescued from being trapped in collapsed roof and wall debris for two days and what struck me was her odd calm as she was carried prone from a certain, crushing death — as well as her matter-of-fact confidence in a God that Robertson says her people forsook ... Archive 2010-02-01
There have been skyscraping highs and crushing, debilitating lows. The Sun
Keep your mouth clean by brushing your teeth at least four times a day (after meals and at bedtime).
I felt her dark brown hair brushing the back of my shoulder.
Families and communities disintegrate under the crushing burden of drug addiction.
Never mind that over a decade ago dry brushing was the anticellulite treatment of choice for Bridget Jones, a character not known for her judgment. The Seattle Times
It was not a crushing weight, such as an operation, or seeing one's best friend off to live in Tasmania; nor was it anything so light as a committee meeting, or a deaf uncle to tea: it was a kind of welter-weight doom. Mrs. Miniver
'That's fairly obvious,' she replied crushingly.
Traditional red colouring includes kermes and cochineal, both of which are pigments made by crushing masses of tiny insects.
He began to pace slightly, his familiar heavy tread thudding in my ears as if he were marching in my head, crushing with his boots my own thoughts and dreams.
danza," which is kin to Mexican airs and to the Cuban "guaracha" and may be compared to a flowing brook, now gliding along serenely, now rushing in cascades. Santo Domingo A Country with a Future
Learn how to tape the sides of an airbrush paint project when airbrushing a wood grain finish effect on a car in this free instructional art video.
These filters are normally used to clarify the products of settled grape juice or wine, such as lees after crushing, pressing, and settling, and the residue of finings such as bentonite.
If stains persist after brushing, you often can remove them with a rubber eraser designed specifically for the fabric; they're sometimes referred to as suede stones. Undefined
After brushing my teeth, I stepped into the shower stall and ran the tap.
Although "weak spots" the beginning of cavities may remineralize with luck and usually not with baby molars, you have to remember that once a cavity starts it will get worse even with great brushing/flossing. They Are Just Baby Teeth, Why Fix Them?
BRANDO: It has raised this plant called salicornia (ph) and Manuel Oranzo (ph) who is very dedicated to environmental issues in Mexico and he is teaching children to be aware of their environment and I have a feeling that I'm rushing to get this information out and it's your show. CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2003
Guerrero, 27, is one of the game's most electrifying players, a hitter equally adept at crushing pitches that are a foot over his head or an inch off the ground.
Layer up three sheets of filo pastry, brushing with butter between each sheet.
But a spokesman for the Terrence Higgins Trust warned against rushing to criminalise people with HIV, except in cases where malicious intent was beyond doubt.
Do not pass Go, do not bother brushing your hair or checking to see if your sweater is on inside-out. I Can Make You Scared
She was brushing her bright blue hair, putting two pigtails in her hair and a heart clip to hold back loose strands.
To bruise herbs, Mr. Sullivan advises crushing then with the back of a large knife or tapping them with a mallet.
In airbrushing the brutality of slavery, we make it possible to ignore the tremendous power that race had - and continues to have - in shaping this society.
Rushing to one side of the proscenium arch, rebounding and running back to the other, they are like a shoal of fish with short memories.
The 5-7 Griffin surpassed the century mark for the ninth time in his career, rushing for 111 yards on 23 carries. NCAA Division I College Football - Iowa State vs. Oklahoma
Studios are rushing out monster movies to take advantage of our new-found enthusiasm for dinosaurs.
Water saving tips include washing the car with a bucket instead of a hose, ensuring washing machines and dishwashers have a full load, and turning off the tap while brushing teeth.
She sat down across from him behind her desk, taking out a comb and brushing her long blonde hair.
Lena stepped nervously into the classroom, smoothing her jeans the best she could, and brushing the long brown hairs from her black top.
The onrushing process of globalization—loosely defined as worldwide networks of interdependence—served as a major propellant of integration. Between War and Peace
Peeking through the window, the prince saw the most beautiful woman he'd ever laid eyes on, wearing a dress of golden satin and brushing out her lustrous hair.
Studios are rushing out monster movies to take advantage of our new-found enthusiasm for dinosaurs.
She was always speeding through yellow lights and rushing around sharp corners.
Energy, however, unless properly channeled, formally controlled and orchestrated, can end up as pandemonium - a lot of senseless rushing around and a merciless, cacophonous din.
Heavy trees fell, damaging homes and in three cases crushing Tampa police cars.
A spider the size of her thumbnail dropped past her in the gloom, its legs brushing her cheek.
'meddlesome' and threatens a 'crushing' response should Obama continue to meddle in Iranian affairs. Blue Star Chronicles
I think it'll be of interest to the many of us who have suffered crushing disappointment by the poor performance of their toasters.
The throttle kicks in, pulling your feet off the ground, while quickly and simultaneously crushing your head into the ceiling … After two years of wishing for a zippy, noir-ish thrill ride, and mind you, being promised that by all of the hype – we only get a stingy game that traffics in potential and nothing more. DARK VOID PS3 Review – Collider.com
At our table, the CBS guy complained that they were rushing the season. WHEN THE SACRED GINMILL CLOSES
It is easy enough to imagine brushing away a meter or so of dry dust covering an ice deposit.
How about cleaning the windows and brushing down the cobwebs, too? Times, Sunday Times
At last she came rushing in, looking breathless and flushed.
THOSE who made the grade and have secured their university places for this autumn will be rushing to get a current account in time for freshers' week. Times, Sunday Times
We must respect established treaties, agreements and processes without crushing the fragile flower of democracy with a sledgehammer. Times, Sunday Times
I avoid rushing him, and I keep munching on my sandwich.
They came to the creek-bed bordered by salmonberry and horsetails, where the rushing waters had begun to rejuvenate with the infusion of October rainwater. The Good House
Sullivan's handlers warned their man that Kilrain was using a strategy of hanging near the corners so that if Sullivan missed with one of his crushing haymakers he would strike the ring post.
This means, in the two preview episodes, brushing away canons of ethics like cobwebs.
Oh the crushing disappointment of the reality of the Clio – parked outside Asda, two-day-old bird shite crusting on the windscreen. The Hard Sell: Renault Clio
This intellectual monopoly has ended up not just crushing the competition but also destroying itself from within. Times, Sunday Times
I also prefer scrubbing in the shower to dry brushing, which is a popular technique for exfoliating and boosting circulation. The new beauty secrets
Rocking-horses can't run away," Sue said, shaking her head, the hair of which needed brushing, as it had become "tousled" in her sleep. Bunny Brown and his Sister Sue
She reached for a silver hairbrush and tenderly began brushing her hair.
Against a mesh of scaffolding and discarded signs, a man in dusted Army and Navy store clothing and work boots starts brushing the stage.
She could not help thinking that he was crushing a fly on the wheel.
Then he helped me to bed and sat brushing my hair. Times, Sunday Times
I was just about brushing my teeth in Fajuyi Hall, OAU, when guys in different halls began to shout all over the place. everyone tuned up their radios and the whole campus went gaga ... there was an unarranged parade on the streets, students who hadnt had their bath thronged everywhere waving makeshift flags of victory, beating drums and dancing all over the place ... JUNE 8 AND THE DEATH OF ABACHA
She turned automatically belly down, hair streaming behind her, and floated in the rushing wind.
She couldn't speak, could not even think while his thumb was brushing back and forth across her mouth like that.
May I suggest that you think carefully before rushing into this?
In 1783 and 1784, Tipu inflicts a series of crushing defeats on the armies of the East India Company.
Arpeggios of diminished 7ths rushing up and down the keyboard are the main - indeed the only - motive in this bravura piece.
The splint holding my tooth in has given me a slight lisp, that achey feeling in the gum line from the forcing of the tooth and the annoyingly protracted brushing process that I used to hate.
Rushing through his conclusions he just finished his presentation before this unexpected deadline.
Mary's four sisters were rushing around as the four nurses: cleaning cuts, setting arms in slings, and bandaging legs.
The extension of the current plant will include the installation of primary, secondary and tertiary crushing, two stages of primary screening and a ball milling process.
With his hair in disorder, and without his hat, he ran along the street as never man Was seen to run before, overturning passers-by, rushing over the sidewalk like a waterspout .
Rushing in, I was informed that Noah was "bawling" (which fact was perfectly evident), having jammed his fingers in trying to "hist" the window. Le Petit Nord or, Annals of a Labrador Harbour
They launched the nose of the boat, a faint rushing sound, no splash. Times, Sunday Times
In general, all garden shredders have a high watt motor and come with silent crushing system.
Authorities were combing areas along the path of migratory birds for dead birds, and rushing any samples to laboratories for testing.
Vertical-mow only in a manner that grooms the surface or use brushings, which help control grain and encourage vertical growth.
The doctors are gently brushing something from his face. Times, Sunday Times
The onrushing prose and stabbing emotional intensity that are Oates 'greatest strengths imbue the volume with compulsive readability. Dear Husband by Joyce Carol Oates: Book summary
This machine is applied for material crushing in such trades as pharmaceutical, chemical foodstuff etc. It is especially suitable to crush fibrous lipidic material.
His dad deserves a medal for brushing aside officials to reach his injured son.
Meanwhile, staff at the paper could be excused for wondering how their boss manages to edit the paper when he is so busy brushing up his broadcasting techniques.
I felt her dark brown hair brushing the back of my shoulder.
I am conscious even yet of the thrills that pricked my spine, as this monster with nineteen companions spurned the earth in a mad, rushing leap out into space and sailed away into the night to let the inhabitants of German towns know that "frightfulness" was a game at which two could play. The Fight for the Argonne Personal Experiences of a 'Y' Man
With last week's performance of 382 yards passing, 20 yards rushing and four touchdown passes, Fitz should be out to once again impress the pundits and fans who doubted his ability to turn this offense around. Alyssa Jung: Could Bills-Chiefs Be the Game?
It's a common problem to most cities, especially those with combined sewers, like ours that trap rushing rainwater.
At the last General Election, they suffered a crushing/humiliating defeat.
After the crushing blow on Monday, a medal would have been fitting reward for the two-times Olympic veteran, who is to retire at the end of this season.
Rushing back to my medicine chest, I brought along and administered a maximum dose of the oil called castor, and later dosed her with quinine. Across China on Foot
With all the water rushing down our rivers and streams, some of the redds might have been washed out, but nature has an excellent habit of looking after itself.
When four months pregnant the mother, a multipara of 30, was startled by a black and white collie dog suddenly pushing against her and rushing out when she opened the door. Studies in the Psychology of Sex, Volume 5 Erotic Symbolism; The Mechanism of Detumescence; The Psychic State in Pregnancy
She's always tinkering with her flower and vegetable gardens, or rushing off in her old pickup for senior softball and tennis.
Cinesias [running away] "... now rushing along the tracks of Notus, now nearing Boreas across the infinite wastes of the ether. The Birds
Throughout, this central character becomes involved with false muses all the while brushing by the true muse of unattainable perfection - the only role with pointe work.
Undeterred by the heat of the by-elections and VIP cars rushing by, this group of floriculturists in Thumbakkam continues with its work.
If nitpicking is the best Republicans have, they are in for a very crushing defeat this fall. RNC hits Obama over Auschwitz claim, Obama camp responds
I didn't resist, both of us crushing the leaf until fragments fell and were scattered by the wind, her fingers twined in mine.
Day 9 Ottawa-Orilla Head north into stunning wilderness country, a region of sparkling lakes, rushing streams and dense forests.
For a moment she did not know what he meant, then remembered the knifeman rushing forward. Lord of the Silver Bow
A spokesman denied the bank was insolvent, but depositors are rushing to withdraw their money.
Hereupon a wave like a steep mountain rose aloft in front as though rushing upon them, ever upheaved above the clouds; nor would you say that they could escape grim death, for in its fury it hangs over the middle of the ship, like a cloud, yet it sinks away into calm if it meets with a skilful helmsman. The Argonautica
The authorities responded with strong force, crushing the armed rebels in 1771 at the Battle of the Alamance.
I do not find their presence infuriating and they do not find my presence to be soul-crushingly emasculating. 2010 February « paper fruit
Thousands of trees were uprooted, blocking roads and crushing cars. Times, Sunday Times
So, brushing the sawdust off the doup of one of them, and slipping it into my coat pocket, which was gey an 'large, I popped at leisure up the close to pay my neighbour a friendly visit. The Life of Mansie Wauch Tailor in Dalkeith, written by himself
The daffodils seem to have gone over very quickly whilst spring bulbs like bluebells and wood anemones are rushing into flower.
She panics when people pop in unexpectedly, rushing round plumping cushions.
Also you can install tap flow aerators or regulators to decrease the amount of water used when washing your hands or brushing your teeth.
When uncle Billy, in one of his characteristic empty-headed gestures, accidentally lost his score, the one that would redeem him from undeserved obscurity, something broke in him and he ran screaming out into the streets, meandering aimlessly, meaningless sounds burbling from his lips until he wound up here, on the bridge, teetering over the edge on the verge of a long, life-crushing fall into the dark waters below. The envelopes
A huge fireball erupted from the aircraft as it careered 400 metres westwards along the road, crushing cars and setting them ablaze. Times, Sunday Times
The newfound vents are home to a menagerie of creatures adapted to darkness and crushing water pressures, species that thrive despite waters volcanically heated to near boiling.
I nodded and took the headcollar from him, and told him I'd see to Indigo, and he could go and get on with putting the oats through the crushing machine ready for the morning feeds. Bonecrack
People were rushing about, trying to find the driver.
It sheared past in a scream of iron, stripping away a section of the starboard rail and crushing the wooden gangway to matchwood. RUSHING TO PARADISE
My friends were rushing me through things to get to the good part, I imagine.
Chris hesitates for a beat before rushing up and knocking Johnnie down in a quick flurry of shots.
She could not help thinking that he was crushing a fly on the wheel.
He appeared to have it covered until a late bobble saw him spill the first effort and clutch the loose ball ahead of the in-rushing Fraser.
As the land rose, the rushing Colorado cut down through it, just as a rotary saw blade cuts a narrow kerf into a log that is being lifted up into a sawmill.
With one difference: the rushing hither and thither has to end. Times, Sunday Times
While his men were debussing, Daly saw ‘several men rushing back from the top of the bridge towards the entrance gate of the park.’
He had to summon all his willpower to pass under a bridge because he would experience a crushing pressure on the skull.
She pulled her favourite hairbrush out of the top right-hand drawer and started brushing her long auburn hair.
The lattice, with its entwined flowering twig pattern, was finished in pink, bronze, and green by brushing on copper-based colorants.
It's no different to someone brushing their teeth and wearing deodourant before a date. AustralianIT.com.au | Top Stories
Physical removal of the bacteria through brushing or wiping the teeth is still necessary.
Brushing wet hair can cause stretching and breakage.
She unbraided her hair, running her fingers through it before carefully brushing it.
Leave for three minutes before brushing off. Times, Sunday Times
He rubbed his eyes and scrambled to his feet, brushing down his clothes to cover up his embarrassment. POSITIVELY FEARLESS: Breaking free of the fears that hold you back
She stayed longer than usual in the shower, wishing for the rushing hot needles of water to abrade her skin and erode the still-vivid impressions of his touch.
The police had difficulty in restraining the crowd from rushing on to the pitch.
Milliseconds later powerful rams lifted the pod six inches, then its rocket motor ignited with a roar, boosting me at a crushing 11g on a slightly forward trajectory.
A beautiful one, with so many wild flowers that a sweet scent of lavender lingered on the soft breeze that was brushing his face.
Crushing was traditionally done by foot, by treading grapes thinly spread on a crushing floor slanted towards a drain and bounded by low walls to prevent the loss of juice.
Today the waters themselves, the mightiest of streams, the great onrushing rivers and oceans that Prophet Martin and Prophet Amos thought the very standards of mighty justice, of empowered justice, of Eternal justice -- these mighty waters are themselvesÂbeing poisoned, polluted, raped, reduced to mere victims of unjust power. Rabbi Arthur Waskow: Justice Still Denied: My Mini-Sermon at the 'One Nation Working Together' Rally
The action of the rushing water cleans the gully.
Workers are rushing to complete a makeshift levee by packing dirt on top of an old railroad bed.
Dolly looks as though she'd forgotten all about yesterday," Chris said, as they sat their horses knee-deep in the rushing water. Jack London's Short Story: Planchette
Around 140,000 people in Glasgow were last night advised to boil all tap water in their homes for drinking, food, brushing teeth and bathing babies after the parasite cryptosporidium was found in supplies.
Gently dry-brushing your skin just before every shower exfoliates the dead skin that traps those odor-causing wastes.
Suddenly, he felt as if a logjam had broken free and was rushing into open water. INCA GOLD
DRY body brushing is the key to softer skin and can help reduce cellulite. The Sun
To judge a product critically when rushing is difficult but not impossible. The Residue Report - an action plan for safer food
A brutal regime is crushing a national liberation movement. Times, Sunday Times
Thus rigid pipes are less sensitive to crushing and more sensitive to plastic deformation and buckling than their flexible equivalents.
Bryce paused in his tooth brushing, bubbles of minty liquid foam dripping messily down his chin.
At Polla, for instance, which lies close to the north-west epicentre, the first warning was given by a rushing sound; almost instantly, and while it was yet heard, came a strong subsultory or up-and-down movement, succeeded after a few seconds, but without any interval, by an undulatory motion. A Study of Recent Earthquakes
Drunken hecklers were a different matter: the only way to handle them was to unleash a volley of abuse, humbling them with a few crushing put-downs.
I heard the suction of the refrigerator door opening, and then she came rushing back into the room.
He held his hands out in the near blackness of the chapel, brushing against her caul.
After a spine-crushing three hour journey from the small city of Coca in an open-air ranchero, a motorized canoe transported us 150 miles from civilization into the remotest bowels of the jungle. Suzan Crane: Finding my Soul and Losing my Heart in the Equadorian Amazon: A Spiritual Journey With the Remote Huaorani Tribe
Gradually, though, I realized, that Luz, the school's elegant, middle-aged director, and modish, twenty-five-year-old Luis could talk on or join us for comida (the big afternoon meal) because they weren't rushing off somewhere. Eight surprises from a senior year abroad in Oaxaca, Mexico
The family liaison kept rushing in and out of the house to take phone calls. The Sun
Griffith also is capable of coveting tight ends, chasing down running backs and wide receivers or rushing the quarterback.
The next morning, I changed into a fresh gown from the wardrobe and went into the bathroom to give myself a quick brushing and washing up.
Amanda, wrapped in her heavy raincoat, dashed out, making her way around or over the street peopler opening her stride as she sought to avoid the water rushing along the gutter. Black Blade
She was brushing aside her own contribution, saying it was one thing to be seen but another to do something positive.
The crushing defeat suffered by Comeragh Gaels is no reflection on the efforts of Roger Casey to field a worthy side.
The only thing they heard was the night wind rustling and rushing through the leaves of the trees.
He scored on runs of 1, 2 and 33 yards in surpassing 200 yards rushing for the second time this season, and helped Mississippi State outrush Ole Miss 304-31. USATODAY.com - Scores
Eat a clove of garlic in the bathroom in the guise of brushing your teeth.
Brushing off talk of a whispering campaign against him in his own party, he claimed that Liberal Democrats were the party of tomorrow.
When they reached the center, it was time for most workers to go home and so the place was teeming with people rushing home for their evening meal.
The police had difficulty in restraining the crowd from rushing on to the pitch.
The rural affairs minister, is rushing legislation through parliament to limit off-roaders' access to bridleways.
According to reports, there were about 46 such workshops, some of which were importing used plastic bottles from overseas, crushing them into pieces before re-exporting the plastic waste to the mainland where it is then recycled.
Inside, Lewis was half-heartedly pretending to clean up, brushing things to one side with a dishcloth and humming tunelessly to himself.
It proved as he anticipated, for Wakatta, who must have received a highly flattering account of us from Eiulo, was not satisfied until he had bestowed upon each one of us, Johnny included, similar tokens of his regard, Max rushing forward, with an air of "empressement," and taking the initiative, as he had promised. The Island Home
The almost daily attacks have sent citizens rushing to arm themselves with any weapons they can find, from selfie sticks to umbrellas. Times, Sunday Times
With the pressure off and with nothing to lose he pulled off a great win which sent the French crowd home in almost as much shock as 12 months ago, after that crushing Davis Cup defeat.
The brown trout was hanging on the rushing current. Times, Sunday Times
He is not, he admits, a natural teacher, and for him, having to stick with a single subject would have resulted in crushing boredom.
And the really crushing blow came when the owner of his star performer, Joveworth, removed the horse from the yard.
Solskjaer attempts to hook the ball into the net from an impossible angle, and the ball ends up squirting into the path of the on-rushing Ruud van Nistelrooy.
bone-crushing
Murray paces the sequence perfectly and shows a real gift in never rushing the reveal.

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