shoved

past tense of shove

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of shoved The torture, in part, included depriving Gabriel of food, beating him, forcing him to eat cat feces and locking him alone in a cabinet with a sock shoved inside his mouth. — Leigh Egan, FOXNews.com, 7 Nov. 2026 Fortunately, though, we’re shoved right into some drama at the top of the first episode. — Alice Burton, Vulture, 2 Nov. 2026 On one April night outside the castle, several picketers were struck by a patron’s car, and a few others were shoved by the passenger who got out of the vehicle, according to video footage later aired by Fox 11 Los Angeles. — Alessandra Schade, Vanity Fair, 28 Oct. 2026 Heat players didn’t like Gafford’s foul on Antetokounmpo, and Gafford shoved Hardaway in the back. — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026 Larson took the white flag in the lead but lost 10 spots after getting shoved out of first on several bumps by Austin Hill. — ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026 There charged Felix Anudike-Uzomah, who had already shoved his way into the opposing backfield, twisting an offensive lineman completely around before tackling Las Vegas running back Ashton Jeanty for a loss. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 25 Oct. 2026 In third grade, bullies pulled her hair and shoved her into a bathroom stall, breaking two of her fingers. — Nancy Jo Sales, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026 Nine years after a jogger shoved a woman into the path of a London bus, a suspect with royal connections was arrested. — Eilidh Hargreaves, Air Mail, 17 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoved
Verb
  • Milwaukee pulled to 85-72 after three quarters and got the first basket of the fourth, but Towns led the way as New York quickly pushed the lead beyond 20, with consecutive 3-pointers by Anunoby making it 106-78.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 11 Nov. 2026
  • The Suns had a 17-point halftime lead and pushed the advantage to 91-59 with four minutes left in the third quarter.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • But when pressed about the possibility of M&A after the separation, Comcast co-CEO Mike Cavanagh, who’s set to become NBCU’s chief executive post-spin, suggested deals could be in the offing.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 12 Nov. 2026
  • When pressed, Clark has pushed back against people using her name to promote racial agendas but has repeatedly emphasized that basketball is her job.
    — Dan Zaksheske, FOXNews.com, 12 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Back-to-back disasters — the Caldor Fire in 2021 and cold snaps in April 2022 — drove wine producers, who often sign multiyear contracts, to seek grapes elsewhere.
    — Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Witnesses told police that a Silver Kia drove head-on into a white Volkswagen Jetta and then into a semi-truck.
    — Chelsea Hylton, CBS News, 12 Nov. 2026
Verb
  • Assembled through the winter and shipped south, the modular approach compressed the timeline to 22 months.
    — Liam Hess, Vogue, 29 Oct. 2026
  • One solution exploits a mismatch between the way PHP measures compressed files and decoded files.
    — David Goldman, CNN Money, 23 Oct. 2026

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“Shoved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoved. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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