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- verb archaic Second-person singular simple present form of
thrust .
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Examples
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But thou, blest Dirce, thrustest me aside, when in thy midst I strive to hold my revels graced with crowns.
The Bacchantes 2008
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She answers, “In good liking livest thou, whereas thou thrustest these slayings before me, but mayhappen thou wilt rue it, when thou hast tried what is to come hereafter; and of all I have, the longest-lived matter shall be the memory of thy cruel heart, nor shall it go well with thee whiles I live.”
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But thou, blest Dirce, thrustest me aside, when in thy midst I strive to hold my revels graced with crowns.
The Bacchantes 2008
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At least I call the gods to witness, that I am ready in all things to serve thee and thy children, but thou dost scorn my favours and thrustest thy friends stubbornly away; wherefore thy lot will be more bitter still.
Medea 2008
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Take it out and throw it to them and spare not; for as often as thou thrustest fingers in pouch thou shalt find it full of coin.
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At least I call the gods to witness, that I am ready in all things to serve thee and thy children, but thou dost scorn my favours and thrustest thy friends stubbornly away; wherefore thy lot will be more bitter still.
Medea 2008
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No paper is so untrammelled as thou art, for thou hast no shackles but those thou thrustest thine own wrists into; and I prize thee more than a whole sheaf of thy compeers, who always try to decide safely by deciding last.
The Continental Monthly , Vol. 2 No. 5, November 1862 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various
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Thou art thirsty; the enemy is behind thee; a trembling seizes thee; a twig of thorny acacia worries thee; thou thrustest it aside; the horse is scratched till at length thou findest rest.
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She answers, "In good liking livest thou, whereas thou thrustest these slayings before me, but mayhappen thou wilt rue it, when thou hast tried what is to come hereafter; and of all I have, the longest-lived matter shall be the memory of thy cruel heart, nor shall it go well with thee whiles I live."
The Story of the Volsungs Anonymous 1873
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Take it out and throw it to them and spare not; for as often as thou thrustest fingers in pouch thou shalt find it full of coin.
Arabian nights. English Anonymous 1855
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