How do you use Shove in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like push or force, plus the exact meaning.
Shove in a sentence
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Shove meaning
- To push, especially roughly or with force.
- To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off.
- To make an all-in bet.
Using Shove
- The main meaning on this page is: To push, especially roughly or with force. | To move off or along by an act of pushing, as with an oar or pole used in a boat; sometimes with off. | To make an all-in bet.
- Useful related words include: push, force, pushing, jostle.
- In the example corpus, shove often appears in combinations such as: to shove, shove the, shove it.
Context around Shove
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 12 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 18 statements, 0 questions, 2 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Shove
- In this selection, "shove" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, cannae, next, race, outside, personal and themselves stand out and add context to how "shove" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a heavy shove could budge and came to shove his own. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "shove" sits close to words such as adultery, ante and aramco, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with shove
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Neither a slight heave nor a heavy shove could budge it. (11 words)
It’s ironic that ‘cannae shove your granny’ has caused some controversy. (12 words)
The Eagles went Brotherly Shove from the 1-yard line for the TD. (13 words)
The incident took place when the 36-year-old was performing at Austin's Moody Center on Monday, September 11. In a clip surfacing online, a man suddenly joined the emcee onstage, who was quick to shove them back lightly. (40 words)
Seltsam was booked into the Larimer County Jail for one count of unlawful sexual contact against an at-risk adult, six counts of unlawful sexual contact, two counts of harassment, and one count of harassment - strike/shove/kick. (38 words)
For all that Johnson’s supporters agitated for his return when his successor was forced to resign, when push came to shove, his own party thought he was damaged goods and blocked any return to the throne. (37 words)
Mantel gets mad enough to shove Gilbert for that, and Fulton turns right around and rolls Mantel, with his legs on the ropes, and Gilbert counts three! (27 words)
She can take her ‘New Republicans’ and shove them back up her “sipping mint julep” butt! (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
Admittedly, although the prices above the 100 day moving average, it is within a up-and-down trading range as traders await the next shove outside of the range.
All we've ever wanted was good shows and movies that didn't shove personal politics down our throats.
And I believe that when push comes to shove, most people feel the same.
Buescher earned the checkered flag thanks in part to a late-race shove from RFK teammate Brad Keselowski, who finished second.
For all that Johnson’s supporters agitated for his return when his successor was forced to resign, when push came to shove, his own party thought he was damaged goods and blocked any return to the throne.
However the men shove themselves out of reach as two or three racegoers push another backwards, propelling the group into the crowd at considerable speed.
Infuriated, Fenech squared up to referee Alex Schneider… shoving him, only for Schneider to shove back.
In my limited experience, when push comes to shove they tend to be needlessly uncritical of Labour, whatever the flavour of local Labour happens to be.
It presents him a ton of early and steadily unmatched shove potential within the lane.
It’s been designed to deliver plenty of mid-range shove, with that roll-on acceleration there whenever you need it.
It’s ironic that ‘cannae shove your granny’ has caused some controversy.
Mantel gets mad enough to shove Gilbert for that, and Fulton turns right around and rolls Mantel, with his legs on the ropes, and Gilbert counts three!
Neither a slight heave nor a heavy shove could budge it.
Niners are more physical than anyone dallas has faced and niners will shove the ball down their throats.
Oats — those flakey things many of us have been told we should eat more of, but can't seem to stomach when the spoon comes to shove.
Seltsam was booked into the Larimer County Jail for one count of unlawful sexual contact against an at-risk adult, six counts of unlawful sexual contact, two counts of harassment, and one count of harassment - strike/shove/kick.
She can take her ‘New Republicans’ and shove them back up her “sipping mint julep” butt!
The Eagles went Brotherly Shove from the 1-yard line for the TD.
The incident took place when the 36-year-old was performing at Austin's Moody Center on Monday, September 11. In a clip surfacing online, a man suddenly joined the emcee onstage, who was quick to shove them back lightly.
The kids performed classics like 'Ye Cannae Shove Yer Granny Aff A Bus' and 'The Jeely Piece Song', as well as 'The Shoogly Woogly' - a Scots spin on the Hokey Cokey.
Common combinations with shove
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to shove 68×
- shove the 17×
- shove it 16×
- and shove 12×
- with shove 6×
- can shove 6×
- shove in 5×
- shove on 5×
- shove from 4×
- shove they 4×