"push" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- He pushed against it idly, and found himself in the lobby of a large hotel.
- Perrin had crumbled a piece of bread and was idly pushing the crumbs around on the table with one finger.
- He idly pushed around the salt and pepper to avoid meeting anyone's eyes, and then he took out a sachet from the sugar bowl and looked at it with curiosity.
- One day he was idly pushing balls around a table, and someone complained that while he was not playing himself, he was "hindering other gentlemen from their amusement."
- She picked up her milkshake and idly pushed the straw back and forth across the caramel froth.
- I returned to my desk, where I remained on my feet, idly pushing at the index cards.
- He idly pushed the redial button again, and this time he got the quick busy signal that told him something was happening.
- He took out the shrimp salad his housekeeper had made up, uncorked a bottle of wine, and pushed idly through the mail which had accumulated during his absence.
- Moving to the chair, she pushed idly at its high back, making it revolve- She men began to pace the room, her expression one of mounting anguish.
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