How to Use push aside in a Sentence

push aside

idiom
  • Burn a Yule log to push aside dark shadows and invoke the light of truth.
    BostonGlobe.com, 15 Aug. 2020
  • The James Webb Space Telescope, due to launch in 2018, will push aside the curtain to watch the process of stellar birth.
    Naoki Nitta, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Sometimes Liza and her friends push aside the table, spread a cloth and picnic right on the floor.
    Kelly Allen, House Beautiful, 18 June 2021
  • Trust in yourself and push aside what others may think of you during this time.
    Elizabeth Gulino, refinery29.com, 14 July 2023
  • Only the fifth inning, baseball at 2021′s pace, but if the night felt normal, this was a night to push aside the normal complaints.
    Dom Amore, courant.com, 11 May 2021
  • Only faith, poetry, love and romance, can push aside that curtain and view the beauty and the glory beyond.
    The Editors, Town & Country, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Biden may face pressure to push aside a goal of reaching across the aisle and plow forward with a liberal awith a Congress controlled by Democrats.
    Ledyard King, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2021
  • That led to the selection of an island on wheels (found on Amazon from a restaurant supply store), which was narrow enough to push aside when needed.
    Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, 5 Aug. 2021
  • The show then flashes to years later when Gabby has opted to push aside those aspirations to instead raise her son.
    Danielle Turchiano, Variety, 20 Sep. 2021
  • At the same time, the continued excellence of Bogaerts may reflect his decision to push aside any questions about his future.
    BostonGlobe.com, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The jokey mood around Twitter’s failure right now may be a way to temporarily push aside the breathtaking awareness of this complementary truth.
    WIRED, 2 Dec. 2022
  • Maybe the disturbing pattern of behavior laid out in Sports Illustrated last March isn’t something to ignore or push aside.
    Dan Labbe, cleveland, 16 Mar. 2022
  • Gonzales, 35, was diagnosed with high blood pressure at age 24, and then sleep apnea, but continued to push aside her concerns.
    Julie Mazziotta, PEOPLE.com, 4 Jan. 2022
  • If Behren Morton is able to push aside the stigma surrounding true freshmen quarterbacks, the offense could retake its place as the superior unit.
    Dallas News, 3 Feb. 2021
  • Another possible cause might include the temptation to push aside the anxious feelings.
    Naomi Weinshenker, Discover Magazine, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Our emotions are powerful enough to convince millions to ignore the loss of entitlements and push aside thoughts that the president's tax cuts heavily favor big business.
    Richard Mason, Arkansas Online, 11 Oct. 2020
  • Florida's high school athletic board voted Friday to push aside the guidance of its medical experts and begin practices for football and other fall sports on Aug. 24, with games less than two weeks later.
    Fox News, 15 Aug. 2020
  • That’s the moral, ethical and practical dilemma administrators are trying to push aside as the financial imperative weighs on them.
    Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 3 Aug. 2020
  • Letting current issues push aside important but non-urgent issues poses the greatest threat to leaders’ performance in many dimensions.
    Bill Conerly, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2023

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