Before either could move, however, the door was abruptly thrust open, and Mrs Brant appeared on the threshold.

He abruptly thrust the musket back into Sharpe's hands.

Some people are thrust into the role of caregiver abruptly.

"Take your hands off her, you..." Morgan abruptly thrust Sylvia away.

One of the questions he took was about Harry Truman's comment when he had the office abruptly thrust upon him.

It was as if I had been abruptly thrust into a storm-tossed ocean.

Some people are thrust into the role of caregiver abruptly, such as when a loved one has a sudden illness.

She had had the advantage of years in which to prepare herself for the situation into which he had been abruptly thrust.

She stood at the closet door, holding a sleeve, arguing with herself, and then, abruptly thrusting the coat away, went out to buy a new one.

Then without another word, she abruptly thrust herself into the throng filing into the brow.