rushing
(American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,737 of 86,584 words measured. It occurs 47,440 times across 411,287 published chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- (American football) an attempt to advance the ball by running into the line also: rush the linebackers were ready to stop a rush
- the act of moving hurriedly and in a careless manner also: haste, hurry, rush in his haste to leave he forgot his book
rushing in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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But soon he came rushing out again, dropping his pistol.
The second adventures of Uncle Wiggily · Howard Roger Garis · Chapter 1
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He glanced out the window at the countryside rushing below.
Breathes there a man · Charles E. Fritch · Chapter 1
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In presence of that rushing torrent, Madame Vincent, with her dear little burden in her arms, hesitated to cross over.
The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete · Émile Zola · Chapter 1
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The hollow groan Of rushing winds I hear, That with a deep and sullen moan, Pass slowly by the ear.
Elegies and Other Small Poems · Matilda Betham · Chapter 2
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When his own party were rushing headlong down to destruction, arranging for appointment of Commission, he had warned them of their error.
Punch — Vol. 98, March 15, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1