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How to use shove in a sentence

40 example sentences · verb, noun

Shove means to push, especially roughly or with force. Example: “Well, it looks like it's time to go. Let's shove off.”

Examples of shove by meaning

verbTo push, especially roughly or with force.

  • So, after a spell, he decided to make the best of it and shoved us into the front parlor.1913, Joseph C[rosby] Lincoln, chapter XII, in Mr. Pratt’s Patients, New York, N.Y.; London: D[aniel] Appleton and Company, →OCLC

More sentences with shove

  • Well, it looks like it's time to go. Let's shove off.From the entry shove off
  • He pushed and shoved his way to the stage to steal the microphone from the singer.From the entry push and shove
  • Rogers got the thumb for shoving the linesman after being called offside.From the entry get the thumb
  • I was shoved down and my backpack landed on the pavement.From the entry land on
  • You've been here awhile, but you better shove on from my town soon.From the entry shove on
  • Selina kept pushing and shoving during musical chairs. The nursery school teacher said she was a bad-tempered little madam.From the entry madam
  • One child stood as king of the hill, and tried to withstand the pushes and shoves of his challengers.From the entry challenger
  • He is not a particularly talented builder, but when push comes to shove, he can usually get the job done.From the entry when push comes to shove
  • When push came to shove he gave in almost immediately, showing that he was a man of straw after all.From the entry man of straw
  • He shoved a spicy dish on me.From the entry shove on
  • He shoved down his anger and pressed forward.From the entry shove down
  • Shove up, so I can fit in next to you.From the entry shove up
  • The gate screeched in protest as she shoulder-barged it open and shoved it closed again.2021 August 10, Eden Darry, Quiet Village, Bold Strokes Books Inc, →ISBN. From the entry shoulder-barge
  • Kade shoved through the crowd and stepped over the lowhanging rope.2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 44, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 229. From the entry lowhanging
  • I’M GONNA FART—sneered as he shoved past her to join their classmates.2021, Shannon Messenger, chapter 1, in Keeper of Lost Cities, page 7. From the entry -o-saurus
  • Van Son unscrewed the pump’s handle and shoved it into her bra.2018 December 31, Natalie Kitroeff, “‘A Pumping Conspiracy’: Why Workers Smuggled Breast Pumps Into Prison”, in The New York Times. From the entry unscrew
  • I squirmed away and shoved the Corpsman off me before he could insert it.2017, Jason Delgado, Chris Martin, Bounty Hunter 4/3: From the Bronx to Marine Scout Sniper, page 109. From the entry silver bullet
  • He shoved Jessie off but Jessie came back and wailed on him something harsh.2017, Tanya Reimer, Cursed on the Prairies: a Sacred Land Story. From the entry wail on
  • Before the old woman could shove the drawing into her pocket, Rachel snatched it from her hand.2017 January 3, Patience Griffin, chapter 5, in It Happened in Scotland (Kilts and Quilts; 6), New York, N.Y.: Berkley Sensation, →ISBN…. From the entry take it, or leave it
  • If you're too afraid to do that, just shove it into your jail purse.2016, Willam Belli, Suck Less: Where There's a Willam, There's a Way. From the entry jail purse
  • Could you fetch me some bobby pins?” She shoved the clutch into my hands.2016, Stephanie Scott, Alterations, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN. From the entry thanksies
  • Men shove statues off pedestals, and use hammers and drills to destroy what’s left.2015 February 26, Ben Wedeman, Dana Ford, “Video shows ISIS militants destroying antiquities in Iraq”, in CNN, archived from the original…. From the entry hammer
  • Jamie shoved the captain harder than necessary, and he stumbled and fell.2015, Tracy Groot, Maggie Bright. From the entry worshippy
  • “Listen, I need to "shove off" as we sailors say, on my comedy cruise line, the Giggleship.2015 July 17, Elijah Aron & Jordan Young, “Out to Sea” (5:19 from the start), in BoJack Horseman, season 2, episode 12, spoken by…. From the entry shannot
  • A pair of white socks were shoved into my hands along with tighty-whitey underpants.2015, D.J. MacHale, Strike: The SYLO Chronicles #3, page 45. From the entry tighty-whitey
  • Cassie sighed as she shoved everything back into the Tardis-like bag.2014, Louisa George, Her Client from Hell, Harlequin, published 2014, →ISBN. From the entry TARDIS-like
  • Gloria had always been more suited to the push and shove of the business world.2014 February, Charles Wallman, A Life of Leathergy, Lulu.com, page 20. From the entry push and shove
  • The jet-packed person clung to my back, falling with me, while shoving me around midair.2014, Shannon Hale, “Prologue”, in Dangerous, Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN, page 1. From the entry jet-packed
  • They shoved me in the back of a police van and started driving to the cop shop.2013, Colin Blaney, Hotshot: The Story of a Little Red Devil. From the entry dibble
  • All this experimentation is yielding insights into which nudges give the biggest shove.2012 March 24, “Nudge nudge, think think”, in The Economist. From the entry nudge
  • “He's doggly!” She shoved Nora's shoulder, causing a lurch and a grab for the railing.2012, Natalie Serber, Shout Her Lovely Name. From the entry doggly
  • Just stuff it inside baskets and shove them to the back.2011, Shirley G. East, The Dream Hunters Epoch: The Paleo Indians Series, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN, page 528. From the entry stuff
  • I shoved the door closed and took off running for the steps.2011, Lisa Hughey, chapter 6, in Blowback: A Romantic Thriller (A Black Cipher Files Thriller; 2), [s.l.]: [CreateSpace Independent…. From the entry clomp
  • I sprung out of bed and was shoved back by a Mack truck of a headache.2011, Jess Lourey, October Fest, page 39. From the entry Mack truck
  • She wanted to shove a sporf through his eyeball and smash her Victorian slotted across his cheekbone.2011, Daniel Staniforth, Diddle, page 79. From the entry sporf
  • “Now I know what Madame Rosa’s warning meant,” he gasped, shoving his mint-chip milk shake away.2007, Alex Duval, Ritual (Vampire Beach), Simon Pulse, →ISBN, page 17. From the entry ice-cream headache
  • It hits dead on, and I shove him on the bench.2006, Brad Bauer, Hitting in the Clutch, page 69. From the entry snotball
  • “Got a name for me, Jack?” he asked, shoving the cup to the side.2004, Gregg Keizer, “Wednesday: April 7, 1943”, in The Longest Night, New York, N.Y.: G. P. Putnam’s Sons, →ISBN, page 63. From the entry shmok
  • Chance shoved his mug over in front of his apprentice, who bobbed his head in gratitude.2003, Lynn Abbey, Thieves' World. From the entry pridesome

Meaning of shove

  1. verb To push, especially roughly or with force.
  2. verb To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
  3. verb To make an all-in bet.

Full definition of shove

Questions about shove in a sentence

How do you use shove in a sentence?
Shove is used as a verb and noun. For example: “Well, it looks like it's time to go. Let's shove off.”
What is a short sentence with shove?
“He shoved a spicy dish on me.”
What does shove mean?
Shove means to push, especially roughly or with force.

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