And once the granite began forming, it, too, contributed to the upward thrust.

What makes our cities unique is their upward thrust.

With a smooth, upward thrust, he joined their bodies, filling her completely.

When I got to it one upward thrust would give me his heart.

That's the gesture echoed by this radiant building's upward thrust.

He leaned at last to open the bottom drawer and test the upward thrust of that white metal ball once more.

The subtrain sphere was well into its upward thrust now.

With a quick upward thrust, he jerked the terrorist to his feet.

They added a fierce push to eastward to their upward thrust.

She gave him a wait signal, then started along the road, the knife in her right hand, gripped for an upward thrust.