Thrust in example sentence

Nothing else until the moment when, through a rift in the clouds, I saw the daring captain clinging to one of the animal's fins, fighting the monster at close quarters, belaboring his enemy's belly with stabs of the dagger yet unable to deliver the deciding thrust, in other words, a direct hit to the heart.

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It all began for him during World War II, when at age 17 he found himself thrust into a forged documents workshop.

Four little engines, 22 kilos thrust each, turbines, working with kerosene.

Chemical rockets provide too much thrust, too much push.

The reason, I think, is that the pensioners believe they've chosen to be pensioners, whereas the young unemployed feel it's been thrust upon them.

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