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Sentence Examples It just wasn't a good idea to shove such a square Shakespearean peg into the round hole of modern teens. Then, with a shove he is off, gliding across 10 metres of slippery plastic, making a messy landing in the soapy water at the end of the run. In my case I told them to shove it and said I would just keep deleting the bogus e-mails being rejected by other ISP servers. And I have had other people talking about me being just, you know, disgusting and they can shove it. Raven scowled and tried to shove him back, but he easily climbed over her hand and swallowed a chunk of boar. The good characters are decidedly saintly, and the bad guys aren't really all that bad when push comes to shove. He shouted, recovering quickly from her shove and pushing her back equally hard. He started to walk past me, out of the kitchen, but I blocked him, giving him a little shove on the shoulders. Those who drink Corona beer often shove a lime wedge into the bottle to give the beer a citrus kick. Sitting down daintily on the only seat that isn't wet, Chelsea holds her duffel bag close to her chest as the old sailor prepares to shove off. Feeling at a loss, we get into our canoe and shove off, and then any thoughts of the Dunns' welfare vanishes as we think of our own. Huck finally escapes from the deserted house in the woods and finds a canoe to shove off down the river. They weren't allowed to go into the bars, but they would go and play shove halfpenny. I just hoped Rebecca wouldn't give him the shove, like she does with most of the guys that showed interest in her. But will I ever again be able to shove my feet blindly into my slippers in the middle of the night without worrying? Sorry to be such a bringdown, but what may be fun for you is selfish when you shove it down everyone else's throat. I was driving last night, and when I went to brake, I had to practically shove the brake pedal into the floorboard to make the car stop. Surprised and unprepared for the unexpected shove from behind, the man toppled over, barely catching himself before he hit the ground. She fell but picked herself up just as quickly, continuing to shove her way through in anxiety, ignoring their angry yelps and hollers. Basketball is supposed to be a non-contact sport and referees penalise players that bump, barge and shove an opponent. Show More Sentences Nothing is left alone, as strings sigh, saxophones parp and cellos moan on Lerche's quest to shove everything into this pop odyssey. But it was a split-second shove that was to wreck two young lives and cause unbearable misery for their families and loved ones. Find a crazy low-budget horror director, shove insane amounts of money and creative control at them, and just let 'em make movies. With a last ditch effort, he managed to shove the ball up so that it glanced off his hands and away from him. Now, I shove and elbow and do karate moves and eye gouges just to get down the hallway. Well, not anymore anyway, unless he was really angry and even then he was more likely to just shove me around. Facility workers use front-end loaders to shove the trash into two floor chutes, which funnel it to a lower level. He grinned down at her and walked by her giving her a shove making her stumble. I hope a judge tells this airy-fairy libertarian just where he can shove his human rights. He blinked at me, no doubt wondering how I knew, but caught my arm when I tried to shove past him. For the moment I'm going to have to shove the whole question on the back burner and stop thinking about it. Bryan looked like the kind of jock who would shove past me in the hallway and laugh when I fell. I shove his wallet in my back pocket and slam the compartment shut, locking it before I leave. I took the opportunity though to shove the stick of margarine into his laughing mouth. If this does not work, but results in sternway, shove the tiller clear over to the opposite side. Then a numpty, walkie-talkie jobsworth in a parka sidles up and tells me to shove off. You encourage as many sites as possible to shove up ads in exchange for a take of any revenue driven by those ads. Liz placed both of her hands on his shoulders, tried to shove him away but failed miserably. Roth droned and then walked over to shove his feet into a pair of black skateboarding shoes with checkered shoelaces. Frustrated, I forcefully shove out of the group and stand by the refreshment table with the small group of wallflowers. Show More Sentences He had made up ground easily enough until push came to shove at the business end and he did beat everything bar the easy winner. They can bully people and shove their ideas around because there is no support for those who challenge them. I didn't want to barge into his home like this and shove two girls down his throat, but I had no other choice. But, be that as it may, he was bugging her, and she told him to go shove it. And it's not just ultra conservatives who want to shove their values down your throat. It gives me hope that there are people out here at SFU that won't shove their opinions down my throat. But they wanted to shove an unfair deal down the union 's throat, using the support of the media and the mayor to force them to accept this. You can't shove something down either side 's throat, and make that the lasting agreement. While we'll work as a team, ultimately, when push comes to shove, Michael will have the final say. Groaning, I attempted to sit up as I felt the sharp jabbing a of a bed coil that had long lost its spring shove its way into my side. Shell and Jenny were getting so fed up that they were almost inclined to go down there and shove those two nimrods together. Damien managed to wrestle the boy away and shove him roughly against the wall, hand over his throat. She quickly turned away as I felt firm hands on my shoulder shove me back into the hard wall. When the other kid made to shove past Dustin, I stuck my foot into the aisle and sent him flying. He looked at me as if I had gone insane, having expected me to tell him to shove off, most likely. Decisively, I shove all of my books into my bag, making sure to create as much racket as possible while doing so. She moved to the massive cherrywood table and began to shove her notebooks and text books into her leather backpack. I think when push comes to shove, the young people of the United States will react the same as generations before them. Would it be possible for us to send a message and tell them to take their oil and shove it? I gave my wardrobe one final shove so that it was against the wall under the stairs that led into the room, darkly insulting whoever made the infernal contraption so heavy. Show More Sentences They sometimes say they are, but in fact when push comes to shove, they are no more interested in the weaker clubs than they are in clubs that are not in Victoria. I heard the gates creak open and felt a slight shove to move forward. He crooked a finger at me, and Liv gave me a good shove on my behind. People showed solidarity for the two minutes' silence on Thursday, but there is scant solidarity as displaced Tube travellers shove aside old ladies in the rush for buses. The four of them move to the boat, right it, balance the mattress across its bow and shove it towards the water. The era of singers telling loser boyfriends to shove off and demanding more from men was over. He tries to shove his relationship with Amia into a box and that box explodes in his face. The center pole began to twist, and Odie and Tanya braced against it with all their weight to shove it across the grass berm so that it would fall under its own weight. I shove the book back into my bag and stare into space for a while. What did you think of your stepmother telling somebody to shove it? You're probably on track when you imply I can shove it if I don't like it. And tell those collaborationist bastards to shove it too, for that matter. Jamie gave Alex a shove in the shoulder, pushing him toward the side gate. I gave her a shove on her shoulder to see if it would rouse her. From behind me, a rough shove almost knocked me off my feet. Finally he managed to shove the key in the slot and gave it a violent twist, jerked the door open, and dove in, expecting the man to grab him or possibly pull a gun. Allyson squeezed her eyes together tightly, trying to shove away the images of imaginary green bogeymen running through her blood, attacking her from within. There are just so many things that a creative government could do, and they would rather shove their thumbs up their bums and fiddle while Nassau spirals downward. The great cardinal sin in business these days seems to be missing even the slightest opportunity to shove an ad in people's faces at every possible moment. In fact, I'd like to think that, were the incident to recur today, I would politely shove him to the ground, dole out a few sweet phrases, and send him packing. Show More Sentences Sliding her dorm key out of the pocket she had sewn onto her swingy black 50's flapper dress, Gabby was about to shove it into the lock when the door swung open on it's own. John glared back at him, tempted to shove him clear off the railing. When push comes to shove in a desperate race to survive, Manny, Sid, Diego, Elle and her two frolicsome little brothers all pull together despite their differences. We can arm ourselves with guns and shove a cutlass under our car seat. This was compounded further when Ronnie Burns was given the shove, and headed to Adelaide to join national uber scapegoat-in-the-making Wayne Carey. They want pointy end fighters, and that is why DC got the shove from McLaren, and why I think Sir Frank Williams will give him the cold shoulder too. Given the growing number of failing establishments that were downsizing their labor forces, the timing was not right to shove a wage increase down the throat of business. One reaches me first, and with an in-air, roundhouse kick, I land a foot against the throat of the newling, then shove my blade deep into its heart. I refereed many fights, usually as the sullen teenagers tried to shove aside the little ones. His series-beginning incest-protecting Bran shove aside, Jaime is turning out to be a bit of a mensch. Maybe not too bad, so long as the enthusiasts for bold economic and social reform were able to join forces and shove aside the doubters. Anyone who wishes to rest by the fire will have to shove aside a napping dog to make room on the faded blue couches. What the member opposite would like us to do is simply shove aside the Premier of Ontario and go directly to municipalities. To gain entrance, the French soldiers had only to shove aside the dozen or so terrified eunuchs who tried to bar the way. And being digital, no matter how much drm you shove in, means content will be pirated. A wise person does not shove what he thinks is good down the other fellow's throat. I whirl around with a bin bag and shove what I can't dispose of out of sight. What have you retained? A. R. GURNEY I think the desire to see a broader world, the fact that he stays, he doesn't shove off. Another boat struggled to shove off, and was making its way to the Maquinna. But when push comes to shove, he sold out to preserve his place in the party, and all for a man whose campaign attacked his family to score political points only 4 years ago. Show More Sentences But, two, I think it really helped when push comes to shove. When push comes to shove people revert to the most effective, most immediate media opportunities. We know that when push comes to shove the Liberals will be the defenders of big oil and big banks. But when push comes to shove, the N4200 shines with its innovative features and strong performance. When push comes to shove, the member votes do destroy the traditional definition of marriage. But when push comes to shove, hopefully in most situations we can judge where our presence can be useful. But, when push comes to shove, as members of parliament we have to decide on our own consciences in this Chamber. When push comes to shove, they want to make their own decisions according to their own agendas. Lo and behold we see, when push comes to shove, the government falls over with the effort. The Liberals pay lip service to the idea of recognizing Quebec, but when push comes to shove, they always vote against such recognition. You can easily shove your foot out of the shoe, without having to bend and untie your shoelaces. Or shove a dog-eared thriller behind highbrow volumes on our living room shelves so as to cultivate a more intellectual image. I shove the box to the side and we both scooch over to sit next to it. One shove from little hands is all it takes to send the police car, the fire engine and the ambulance racing to the emergency. Very often we see that push comes to shove and we see violence on the picket line. Its rigid nature provides a stable surface that will not rut, washboard or shove, and also minimizes the potential for potholes. Push come to shove, I've been fair to him, ain't I? Is that not tacit approval for any action against Dee, if necessary? If you get into a shoving match with the Americans on corn they will find a way to shove back. They are very lively in the winter breeding grounds, where males push and shove each other to get near a female. While we were sitting in the kitchen and are sharing stories my cousin, in joking, gives me a little shove. Show More Sentences Some push and shove took place before the journalists left the post after having thrown election-related leaflets around it. The bulldozer blade is a heavy metal plate on the front of the tractor, which is used to push objects, and shove sand, soil and debris. The principle that must prevail is that no player is entitled to use his body to intentionally body check, bump, push, or shove an opponent. The soldier tried to shove past the innkeeper, but to no avail. I tried to shove past it, but it was solid and heavy, like a rock. I quickly shove past him and run down the sidewalk towards my house. Soon there's going to have to be a total sort-out to make more space, but I can probably shove volumes in a few more corners before I have to take that drastic step. Larger turbo chargers, forged pistons and high-lift cams are the secrets behind the extra shove, along with the required engine remapping and improved cooling. They put their boards on the concrete and started to board, Lucy following Jaime as they rolled down the street doing kick flips, shove its and regular ollies. You make a move or noise I'll shove this paint stripper up your nose. But again, I've got to think when push comes to shove, he won't do it. Airline seats are more perishable than strawberries at Wimbledon, and a pilots' strike can shove an airline into bankruptcy in six weeks. There is thus an urgent need to reform labour negotiations. Many cities are also using concrete pavements at hightraffic and high-wear intersections and bus stops, where asphalt has a tendency to rut and shove. If we opt for this approach, we will encourage all the other provinces to do likewise and, when push comes to shove, New Brunswick's fishing industry will lose out. Our blowhard MSPs only proved that when push comes to shove they're a bunch of lightweights. In 1938 push came to shove between the Soviet Union and Imperial Japan on the border between Mongolia and Manchukuo. A laziness grew up that meant that if the artistic directorship didn't really like a play they could always shove it on Upstairs, as a way of hedging their bets. My youngest was almost 6 and my oldest was almost 8 and they would stand in front of me and in between me and my husband and tell him to stop and he would just shove them aside. And for those who fancy their chances with 'sport drinks', NAC and, when push comes to shove, a shot of vodka: effect is not guaranteed, but any old port in a storm. Literally – grab a pineapple and shove in some beef. Show More Sentences And on that topic, we learned at the Gomery inquiry that once again taxpayer dollars were freely used to shove an unspeakably anti-democratic bill down the throats of Quebeckers. Air contains prana, but prana is not a matter which the student of chemistry can shove into a test tube, or heat in a retort, or look at through a microscope. Other coverages may be expendable, if push comes to shove. They will automatically line up in situations where people of other nationalities would mill around and push and shove to be first through an entrance. Why didn't he tell her to shove off so he could sit down? They grabbed her and tried to shove her in the car. Tomorrow, we shove off for real aiming for the Mississippi. When push came to shove he gave in almost immediately, showing that he was a man of straw after all. Now that you have a plan, don't just shove it in a drawer. Gross and his colleagues used an STM tip to shove the new molecule around on a copper surface. Sometimes that brings about good results, but when push comes to shove, that sheriff, in our scenario, has no legal authority and the town is at risk. My group would like to make it clear that when push comes to shove, they all really support the armies, in the same way as they support the people who need to be liberated as quickly as possible. If you shove a big government program down their throats they will recoil. Sitting comfortably on the poppier side of the fence, V Festival offers a more gentle shove into the debauchery of a festival weekend. Fat people have been mollycoddled into believing that what they shove into their mouths isn't their fault or their responsibility. Even if push came to shove they'd be loans, not gifts outright. Back inside her SUV, she was just closing the door when she saw a carjacker shove his gun inside. Mr Baines said the pub was once a magnet for the community and renowned for bar games such as shove ha'penny. Holloway worked wonders at Bristol Rovers, QPR and Plymouth when his budget was more limited than a game of shove ha'penny. There were six comfortable bedrooms and even a games room with mini pool table and shove ha'penny. Show More Sentences The legal profession gives lip service to the benefits of Appropriate Dispute Resolution processes, but when push comes to shove, the first reaction is combat, A. K. A. litigation. They're either telling you where to shove it, if you're winning, or telling you where they'd like to shove it given half the chance. And when push comes to shove and we have a major contingency operation to get to, they're going to make judgments about who they wish to have there with them. Whatever is said by the American government about free trade, when push comes to shove, in the American market reality is often very different from the ideal world of free competition that is espoused by the United States. When it comes to politics, I don't want them to shove their opinions down my throat. France was already on the way out of Mexico when he intervened, and his fullhanded shove only accelerated the retreat. It was a shock to realize that in everyday life, when push comes to shove, the fear and discrimination facing people with HIV and those working with them is still there. When push comes to shove, the N4200 from storage leader Thecus® Technology blows away competing four-bay NAS devices with superior performance and a rich feature set. But the boat was afloat, and with a hearty shove on the part of the navy and some hearty thanks on ours we were sent flying shipwards. Yet, when push comes to shove, the Liberals are not prepared to hold the government accountable for not having a plan, for not having any money for these things, for not having any programs. He then calculated the number of cars each would hold and instructed the locomotive engineer to shove westward, counted the cars as they passed him going into each track. Office workers shove aside dawdling tourists, or try to. Fischer sees it and gets red in the face, then hawks up a snotball and spits at my cleat. It hits dead on, and I shove him on the bench. He shoves me back, and I stand up. It's OK for her to shove on a pair of your comfy PJs when she chooses but she's offended that you'd like to see her wearing a big pair of unsexy plaid pyjamas in bed. They'd hate to lose at shove 'apenny so the Indians shouldn't go to Perth expecting a welcome mat to be put alongside the prayer mat in their dressing room. But for two pins I'd hand in blank papers and tell school where to shove Pythagoras triangles and Lord of the Flies and their life cycles of worms. Being a gentleman, Robert was entitled to shove other commoners into the gongpit but he still had to jump out of the way of the knights to avoid the same fate himself. I'd love to shove my love pump into her axe wound. Only thing is, I bet she wouldn't mentally be there, cuz she'd be thinking how fat and ugly she looked naked and all. Explore the miner's homes, the Methodist chapel and Board school, enjoy pitmen's games and pastimes like quoits and shove ha'penny and entertainment from the times. Johnny took an instant liking to the big blue beauties and dished out backside Smiths, backside tail grinds and even the back tail shove. Show More Sentences When push came to shove, Hawk Wing, not allowed the luxury of having strong pace-setters, was left with too much to do. When push came to shove, ethics went by the board and they joined the ranks of sleazy money launderers. As she grasped hold of a rail, her mind seemed to haze as her wounds were pained by every push and shove. Indeed, at one point, with only six men, they drove the eight-strong Sassenach pack back with a splendidly concerted shove. Even so, it was a pertinent reminder that when push comes to shove, we will still turn to God over Mammon. When push comes to shove, the pressure of staving off Ghana, Portugal, and Germany fell on Howard. Battling with dance partners measuring 12 to 15 feet in height, if she steps on their toes, as opposed to a polite shove, Tracy has several tonnes of water landing on her. He gets out, gives a hefty shove, whereupon the car springs into life and performs a perfect arc across the main road before coming to rest against a tree. This is power politics, I knew, and push would eventually and inevitably come to shove. He is not a particularly talented builder, but when push comes to shove, he can usually get the job done. Examples from Classical Literature And tell Harrington to shove his own cold, splay fingers into his own pockets for a change. The lobsterman caught it, called his thanks and gave the Pet a final shove that carried her past him. We would get on our toboggan, a boy would give us a shove, and off we went! However, we continued, half-heartedly on his part, to shove our way on into the wood. At this, he gives Harkness a shove which sends him staggering into the arms of the mulatto. He then told me to shove off, which I did without waiting for a second order. The next instant a nervous shove from behind sent him headforemost into the lake. But if simplex had not helped to shove on the sledge they would not have got so far as this. I just had time to give the boat a shove with the hitcher when down it come. He had managed to shove his best file and a lockpick into hiding there while Mikah was betraying him back in their room. As the time of a shove was often less than 10 min., the man had to be very quick in reading the rods and changing the jacks. He looked as though one gentle shove might send him yodeling down Market Street in his underdrawers. They shove the Worm over the cliff into the sea, and bear off the treasure in wains. The pert girls at the wareroom would not snub the old maid any more, and shove her into the meanest corner. A shove sent the boat adrift, and the oarsman plied it rapidly toward the pilon. Will you shove the centerboard down by the iron handle, and then take hold of the tiller, Miss Haldane? His crew was struggling to get a log set so he could shove it into place with the 'dozer. Don't let us be so sad about those who shove off from this world under Christly pilotage. By the time she had them on, Sally was ready to shove off for the trial run. Giving his fire ship a mighty shove he sent it directly between the scows and then he made a great dive down and away. Show More Sentences Haul him aboard, lads, and shove him in the chain locker to get dry. They shove him toward the sweet gums where his soap soldiers wrestle with twigs. Not if you shove a stick up their bums, slather them in BBQ sauce and ensure they're cooked. When our boats shove off for the sandbank have the forecastle gun fired. Gol ding yeh, I'll shove this knife in behind your ear if you don't tell! Charlie Cowan and Fred Marr had started, but half-way down their sled got stuck and I run down to shove them off again. Then the three went outside, and the man who was holding the woman gave her a shove and dashed out himself. Those your gunboats poke her nose and shove her oar in every place. She pushed her suitor off with an elephantine shove and gestured to Chris. How can you chuck it in like that or shove it under the cord where it'll get rubbed? That's a fairy story the grafters shove at you every time they want to rob you some more. With one shove the zinc-worker made his way through the crowd. For a while, it was kick backwards, then a shove at the safe. Well, shove in quinine, and keep him quiet, with hot bottles to his feet. One of them then lit the fuse and the whole thing was given a shove down the stairway, while the detachment turned and scampered to a safe distance. One bright afternoon, a gig, gaily bedizened with streamers, was observed to shove off from the side of one of the French frigates, and pull directly for our gangway. I pulled up my centreboard, ran full tilt into the mud, took in sail, and, standing in the stern, as I had often done at low tide, I began to shove the skiff with an oar. I'll go and stuff the straw into Jim's clothes to represent his mother in disguise, and be ready to BA like a sheep and shove soon as you get there. These two smiled on him and bespake him kindly, but would not help him when he bade them set shoulder to her bows and shove. This together with data from previous elections plus their professional experience which may tell them that, when push comes to shove, most waverers opt for the status quo. Find more words! 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What is the opposite of shove? Words that rhyme with shove What is the past tense of shove? What is the plural of shove? What is the noun for shove? Translations for shove Use our Sentence Generator Nearby Words shouty shouts shout-outs shout-out shout out shoutout shoved shove-halfpenny shovel shoveled shoveler shovelful 5-letter Words Starting With s sh sho shov