Word: thrusting
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...should have enjoyed our visit to Harvard more completely if we had not had the uncomfortable sense of being very conspicuous. To be sure, a procession of sixty girls marching about among those solemn old buildings, is not an every-day sight; but when heads were thrust out of every window, and there were, unmistakably, audible signs of amusement, we wished that we were not altogether such a big, unwieldy body, that we might get speedily out of sight. Now, each student who watched us, if he had met us personally, would, we are sure, have had the manners...
...this event, and of these Underwood was the only one who had fenced in the gymnasium before. As Foote had drawn the bye, the first bout was between Smith and Underwood. Both men appeared quite proficient, and displayed great agility in lunging and parrying. Underwood's left-handed thrust proved very effective. He succeeded by a dexterous turn in disarming his antagonist several times, and finally won the bout by 7 points...
...Boston Herald editorially expresses its belief that compulsory attendance at chapel is a relic of the Dark Ages. It says that "religion cannot be thrust down men's throats...
...dark and silent, however; and I was just heaving a sigh of relief as we rose to the top of the opening, when, quick as a serpent's tongue, a spade-handle, with a long knife lashed to the end, darted out of the shadow, and made a thrust at the rope where it was already worn almost through...
...thrust was enough; the few remaining strands snapped. Feeling the bucket sink under me, I seized the rope with one hand and Elsie with the other. And just as the bucket struck the bottom of the shaft with a great crash that re-echoed through the mine, I made Elsie clasp her arms around my neck. Then I tried to go up the rope hand over hand, until I should be able to wind it around me, and thus free my arms from the terrible strain; but I found that with Elsie hanging around my neck, I could...