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Example sentences for: rushes

How can you use “rushes” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

In this part of the world, in past eras, gold rushes created cities out of a wasteland overnight and just as quickly returned them to dust.
When she hears herself saying that being with her husband is "like being with papa," she pauses for a second, then flashes her eyes with something close to a recognition of primal sin, utters a sound somewhere between a hysterical giggle and a shriek of horror, and rushes across the room as if in flight from her own words.
Its shady plaza sees a constant stream of visitors, but no one rushes.
The sting passes quickly and blood rushes in--even a penis that has been limp for decades will spring to erection.
(The puke rushes out faster, too.)