How to Use thrust on/upon in a Sentence

thrust on/upon

phrasal verb

• Some of my favorite friendships are the ones that are thrust upon you.
  — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• My suspicion is that most of the volume load from Hopkins will be thrust on to Fuller.
  — Stephanie Stradley, Houston Chronicle, 7 Sep. 2020
• There’s a fragility there, because she’s had this role in some ways thrust upon her.
  — Kate Aurthur, Variety, 24 Mar. 2023
• Ukraine said its fighters drove back a Russian thrust on the plant, which was also being bombed from above.
  — Jon Gambrell and Cara Anna, Anchorage Daily News, 5 May 2022
• James, who didn’t play in Utah, had more thrust on the defensive end and in transition, settling less for shots on the perimeter.
  — Dan Woike, Los Angeles Times, 16 Jan. 2024
• The reality of the mayorship is that crises are often thrust upon the city.
  — Peter Guest, WIRED, 26 Mar. 2024
• The eyes are a way for Black bodies to reflect the intense scrutiny so often thrust upon them.
  — Carolina A. Miranda, Los Angeles Times, 8 June 2023
• Today, a look at how the recruiting process needs lots of improvement—and this isn’t work that should be thrust on applicants.
  — S. Mitra Kalita, Fortune, 15 Sep. 2021
• Just as the role of caregiver was thrust on her, regardless of her suitability, so was the subject.
  — Anna Altman, The New Republic, 26 July 2022
• Products and services thrust upon people by an IT department tend not to score as well.
  — Eric Griffith, PCMAG, 20 July 2023
• But remember: Never force gratitude or let it be thrust on you.
  — cleveland, 21 Nov. 2022
• But inherently, that focus comes with a certain degree of praise thrust on the industry as a whole.
  — Julie Kliegman, The Week, 26 Feb. 2018
• The pair are thrust on a cross-country odyssey through what's left of America, dodging human raiders, scavengers, and the vicious Infected.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 22 June 2023
• The former space shuttle program engines are combined with two solid rocket boosters to provide the SLS’s 8.8 million pounds of thrust on liftoff.
  — Richard Tribou, Orlando Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2023
• Part of the mission of the early Cold War was to prove that the country’s artists, writers, and intellectuals were indeed ready for the global leadership that had been thrust upon them.
  — Beverly Gage, Foreign Affairs, 14 Dec. 2021
• Whoever thought of putting cameras into telephones probably had no idea how much boredom would thus be thrust upon the world.
  — Nicholas Ivor Martin and Jacobina Martin, oregonlive, 20 June 2023
• That’s part of what endeared Ruiz to the masses, winning a world title without fitting into the body-shape expectations thrust on top athletes.
  — Bryce Millercolumnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
• Others have activism thrust upon them—a process that may take decades or emerge from a sudden, transformative eruption of conscience.
  — James Marcus, WSJ, 4 Nov. 2022
• Aang is an adventurous and fun-loving 12-year-old who is constantly grappling with the burdens thrust upon him.
  — EW.com, 17 Oct. 2023
• Leo July 23-August 22 Leadership might be thrust upon you at any moment.
  — Tarot Astrologers, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2023
• The setup will generate about 16.5 million pounds of thrust upon liftoff and cement the Starship as the most powerful rocket in history.
  — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 11 Apr. 2023
• Formed when massive slabs of seabed limestone were thrust on top of one another, the Springs are in many ways a distinct eco-island, complete with locally endemic species.
  — Rebecca Coffey, Discover Magazine, 1 Feb. 2011
• And embrace the pressure, expectations and title-winning window that has been thrust upon them.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 24 Mar. 2024
• Lots of suspicion has been thrust upon the Miami Dolphins defense this season.
  — Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2022
• The Coloradan won the Granite State primary and gained a shimmery appeal that threatened Mondale, suddenly thrust on the defensive.
  — David Shribman, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
• Overall, Reddit users determined the bride was at fault, and her sister was justified in calling out the inconveniences thrust upon the wedding guests.
  — Zoey Lyttle, Peoplemag, 23 May 2024
• In time, the spotlight suddenly thrust on Laura—who is celebrated as a hero by the press—sets off a violent chain of events, and when some shady figures from her past reappear, she’s forced to confront the ghosts of her former life.
  — Keaton Bell, Vogue, 15 Feb. 2022
• Women, who bear the greatest burden of caring for their families and others, have still not recovered from the job losses thrust upon them in March, 2020 when schools suddenly closed.
  — Keeanga-Yamahtta Taylor, The New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2022
• While the term has also been adopted in Australia, its use in the U.S. is in part a statement of identity reflecting a broader trend of Americans questioning the terms thrust upon them by outsiders.
  — Marc Ramirez, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2023
• Problem is, teams that adhere to a more traditional tanking model—ones that have losing thrust on them because of age, injury or overall disappointment—are the ones that have most paid the price.
  — Sean Deveney, Forbes, 25 June 2021

Last Updated: 6 Aug 2024