Word: thrustings
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
POWELL MUST HAVE BEEN LAUGHING UP his sleeve when the media's and his well- wishers' coaxing, flattery and cajoling lured him into the momentary pleasure of grabbing the greatness "thrust" upon him. And with a militaristic strategy he used that occasion to promote the sale of his book in a nationwide tour. Otherwise, it was clear that a straight soldier and unruffled thinker of Powell's high caliber could not have kept everyone guessing up until the last moment. He must have assessed the very remote possibility of his success despite what his political soothsayers might have suggested...
Galbraith observed that the thrust of historical circumstance is often more important than the actions of any one person...
Rouse picks out an unsuspecting pupil for an impromptu job interview, demanding, "Ernie, tell me about yourself." Thrust into the spotlight, Ernie Washington describes his four decades in retail and delivers a winning paean to experience, "Being that I'm an older person," he says, "I know the company comes first...
Entering the program just a year before many of the top players graduated, the current senior class enjoyed only a short honeymoon before finding themselves thrust into key positions...
Still, it is useful for nonetymologists to learn that the F word may stem from the Germanic languages (for example, the Middle Dutch fokken, "to thrust, copulate with"); that the word found its way into print as early as the 1550s; and that it was James Joyce, Henry Miller and D.H. Lawrence who first thrust it, as it were, into modern literature...