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RUSHED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Done under pressure
Example:
a rush job
Synonyms:
rush; rushed
Classified under:
Similar:
hurried (moving rapidly or performed quickly or in great haste)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb rush
Context examples:
Sir Amory the Hospitaller was struck down with an axe as he rushed before us from his sleeping-chamber.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
They rushed out of the room, leaving the Inspector, the Colonel, and me staring at each other.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Then they began to run, rushed into the parlour, and threw themselves round their father’s neck.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
She was surprised by a wanton thought that rushed into her mind.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
With a scream of terror I turned and rushed wildly down the path.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
I seemed to penetrate very near a Mighty Spirit; and my soul rushed out in gratitude at His feet.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
She was bewildered amidst the confusion of all that had rushed on her within the last few hours.
(Emma, by Jane Austen)
She rushed to the drawing-room,—she entered it,—and saw only Willoughby.
(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)
The time may come—The colour rushed into her cheeks as she spoke.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
It was no time for thought; she hurried on, slipped with the least possible noise through the folding doors, and without stopping to look or breathe, rushed forward to the one in question.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
