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Synonyms:
- flicks, shoots, stimulates, bumps, impels, punches, instigates, slings, lobs, flings, forces, jostles, jerks, moves, launches, prods, goads, shoves, drives, nudges, ferments, butts, bunts, encourages, induces, broken wind, knocks, propels, jogs, pitches, rams, jolts, motivates, chucks, catapults, triggers, hurls, shunts, pokes, pushes, energizes, strikes, provokes, tosses, casts, prompts, projects, bowls, compels, hastens, thrusts, urges, foments, precipitates, inspires, cants, pelts, fires, throws, magnetizes, hurtles, entices
Examples:
- - Thus song after song was softly sung, Vaura sometimes blending her voice with his, and he was so near, and it was an intoxicating hour; and Trevalyon, bound in honour not to speak his love, forgot that one of our poets, Sterne I think, says that " talking of love is making it," and sings on, as he drinks in fresh draughts from the warmth of her eyes, and her face is pale with emotion, her lips, that " thread of scarlet," and her neck, gleams in its whiteness as her bosom heaves with her quickened heart- beats, as she feels his meaning in his warm words; and fearing for herself, she is so sympathetic, and knows it is only because of the " difficulty," that he has not spoken, starts to her feet, laying her hand gently on his arm, says softly: " You must be tired." - "A Heart-Song of To-day", Annie Gregg Savigny
- - Meanwhile, his duty being done, Arch Brookhouse heaves a sigh of relief, gathers up his reins, and chirrups to his horse. - "Out of a Labyrinth", Lawrence L. Lynch
- - Tell me, thou busy flatt'ring Telltale, why- Why flow these tears- why heaves this deep- felt sigh,- Why is all joy from my sad bosom flown, Why lost that cheerfulness I thought my own; Why seek I now in solitude for ease. - "The Eventful History Of The Mutiny And Piratical Seizure Of H.M.S. Bounty: Its Cause And Consequences", Sir John Barrow
