Appearance
Use device theme  
Dark theme
Light theme

How to use onrush in a sentence

Looking for sentences and phrases with the word onrush? Here are some examples.

Sentence Examples
I did not and do not seek a Luther-like emotional trauma and a shattering onrush of new experience.
Abstractedly she listens as her daughter, standing up straight in an onrush of light at the open kitchen door, talks to a deliveryman.
He was asked by the CIA to leave, once the onrush of the revolution seemed imminent.
Some might look back on the hungry years and embrace the onrush of fame with relief, but not our man.
Croft left a message and went to his club where, like the onrush of a sudden tide, all the talk, now, had turned to the upcoming race.
The uncertainty concerning the proper scope of IP rights is magnified by the onrush of technology.
As it hit the coast, we could hear the splintering sound of the buildings smashed by the powerful onrush.
The Francisca is supposed to have been thrown in a massed volley to create certain amounts of mayhem prior to the onrush of the host of warriors.
How do people make sense of the onrush without being submerged by it?
The biggest for firms in Europe today is the sweeping away of borders and the onrush of international capital.
A sportive course for canyons experts, a mountain onrush, a limpid water, all of this in stunning settings.
By month's end, though, the rapidly shortening days in the onrush to the winter solstice leave the planet setting more than an hour and a half after the Sun.
The permissions I give and am given by the interruptions of my thought in the corner of my room contrive my cadences, showing the line breaks to the onrush of my words.
The onrush of new alloys and manufacturing processes means clubheads twice the size of the original oversize drivers are not merely on the horizon, they're available now.
The onrush of so many projects at one time is certainly daring: not since Mrs Thatcher has a British politician seemed in quite so much of a hurry to do a lot.
I have an unexpected onrush of something that feels like shame.
In the winter, outbreaks of arctic air can progress rapidly southward, unimpeded by any terrain barriers, bringing an onrush of cloud, snow and wind to points south.
When a downpour occurs or snow melts, this elevation will prevent the sudden onrush of a large quantity of water into the storm drain at the foot of your garage entrance.
He was overwhelmed by an immediate onrush of hospitality as the geekerati lined up to get a word with him.
The onrush finds its channel and momentum.
Show More Sentences
Examples from Classical Literature
It is impossible to estimate the value of the rural church in the onrush of civilization.
And the embattled hosts swept onward toward Amiens, where at last the onrush was stabilised.
As she had stooped to pick it up, she had been knocked to her knees by the onrush of the others.
The sleepers were aroused by the onrush and there was much commotion within.
While he had been speaking, the onrush of the storm had blotted out the moon.
But now as she listened she heard nothing but the onrush of distant waters.
Pupils at Pantglas School were just beginning their first lessons when the black onrush overwhelmed them.
We sprang from rock to rock and evaded the onrush of the foaming waves.
A drunkard, mad-drunk, blind-drunk with the draught of his onrush.
A furious sweep of Nicky's arm simulated the onrush of his inspiration.
He gently halted their onrush and waved them back to their seats.
And the onrush of the pantechnicon constituted a clear crisis.
But his sailors were no match for the onrush of these fiends from Dunkirk.
Some of them tore down a side street, straight before the looming onrush.
The onrush of a conquering force is like the bursting of pent-up waters into a chasm a thousand fathoms deep.
Al-Sultan said he noticed this week an onrush by small investors on cheap stocks priced mostly below 50 Fils a share.
Afterwards the duke reflected that the moment they sealed the farm gates against the French onrush might have turned the battle.
With an unprecedented nine new soloists this year and corps members making their mark as they step into major roles, there seems to be an onrush of new talent.
As I saw her through the great window, the sunshine flooded the landscape, which, however, was momentarily becoming eclipsed by an onrush of a myriad birds.
Find more words!
Use * for blank tiles (max 2) Advanced Search Advanced Search
Use * for blank spaces Advanced Search
Advanced Word Finder

See Also

Nearby Words
6-letter Words Starting With
Find Sentences
go
Word Tools Finders & Helpers Apps More Synonyms
Copyright WordHippo © 2025