shoved

past tense of shove

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of shoved Shida shoved him off and hit a Falcon Arrow, but Maya grabbed the bottom rope. Alfred Konuwa, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 Coming off the awful travel out of Chicago from July 9 into July 10, in which the Red Sox had two plane issues and arrived just a couple hours before first pitch, Gray shoved. Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 24 July 2026 Even Christmas brought misery in the form of an ICE agent dressed up as Santa, who shoved away children trying to hug him, according to the detainee declarations submitted to the court. Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026 The employee reportedly walked out from behind the counter and shoved his hand away, as briefly seen in the footage. Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 20 July 2026 On the trip down the floor before the confrontation, Clark drove to the basket and appeared to be shoved by Golden State veteran Kiah Stokes while attempting a layup. Alejandro Avila Outkick, FOXNews.com, 16 July 2026 Disorder broke out when large groups of people pushed and shoved their way through lines of fans waiting to get in and charged through security checkpoints and entrances, a law enforcement source told ABC New York station WABC. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 13 July 2026 The twister shoved a porch several feet from its manufactured home, according to the report. Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2026 Having all your pieces shoved against walls disallows natural flow through the room. Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 11 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for shoved
Verb
  • The toxic environment eventually pushed Jagetz to her breaking point.
    Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
  • That is, until the defense brought pressure and star defensive lineman Zach Sieler pushed past the rookie offensive lineman with ease and got to Malik Willis before the shifty quarterback could make a move.
    Miami Herald, Miami Herald, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • For a few centimeters, one of your body’s main electrical cables runs just under the skin, pressed against bone.
    Scott Travers, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Those in black tops pressed the reds, then the yellow tops pressed the black tops before the red tops pressed the yellows.
    James Pearce, New York Times, 1 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The Jayhawks defeated Wichita State on Monday in Wichita, drove back to Lawrence on Tuesday morning, then boarded the bus for Lexington late Tuesday afternoon.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
  • The Iran war triggered a historic oil shortage that drove up fuel costs and catapulted inflation to a three-year high in May, the same month Warsh took the helm of the central bank.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • When that kind of work fills most of the day, actual selling gets compressed into whatever time is left.
    Jeff Winters, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • Testing later revealed that the mass was caused by a staph infection that had settled in her spine and compressed her thoracic spinal cord at the T4-T5 level, leaving her paralyzed from the chest down.
    Jordan Greene, PEOPLE, 22 July 2026

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“Shoved.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/shoved. Accessed 3 Aug. 2026.

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