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Literary notes about rushed (AI summary)

The word "rushed" is deployed to convey rapid, often impulsive movement that propels the narrative forward. It can describe a character's sudden burst into action, as when a detective slams open a door with determined haste ([1]) or when a family surges to a window in anxious anticipation ([2]). At the same time, it captures the relentless force of nature—illustrating how torrents or flames can billow and surge with impetuous energy ([3], [4]). The term also finds use in depicting emotional intensity, such as blood suddenly flooding to a face in moments of shock or passion ([5], [6]). In epic and adventurous contexts, "rushed" underscores the dynamic and sometimes chaotic entry into conflict or peril ([7], [8], [9]), imbuing the action with a vivid sense of immediacy and urgency.
  1. Holmes flung open the door and rushed in, but he was out again in an instant, with his hand to his throat.
    — from The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes by Arthur Conan Doyle
  2. The whole Korolyov family, who had been expecting their Volodya from hour to hour, rushed to the windows.
    — from Project Gutenberg Compilation of Short Stories by Chekhov by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
  3. It hung at the foot of the citadel in a cave from which the river Marsyas rushed with an impetuous and noisy tide to join the Maeander.
    — from The Golden Bough: A Study of Magic and Religion by James George Frazer
  4. The train, now detached from the engine, remained a little behind, whilst the locomotive rushed forward with increased speed.
    — from Around the World in Eighty Days by Jules Verne
  5. His heart contracted and the blood rushed to his face.
    — from War and Peace by graf Leo Tolstoy
  6. The blood rushed to his forehead; and, taken aback by the suddenness of her surrender, he caught her two hands awkwardly in his.
    — from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
  7. And he was wroth, and he drew his sword, and rushed fiercely upon him.
    — from The Mabinogion
  8. Meanwhile Drupada beholding the Kuru host, rushed forward and pouring a fierce shower of arrows around, terribly afflicted the Kuru ranks.
    — from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1
  9. And beholding that wanderer of the night, Prahasta, thus slain in battle, Dhumraksha rushed with great impetuosity against the monkey-host.
    — from The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 1

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