rushing
/ˈɹʌʃɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.95 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "[…] the impediment to the entrance of air into the corresponding portions of the lung is sufficient to produce a succession of interrupted rushings of that fluid during the efforts of respiration […]"
- "“I have been in Chicago.” “Yes, I’ll bet you have,” Bocage mused. “But it is too rushing for my nerves,” Stockbridge continued."
- "There are a few months in the winter when business on the farm is less rushing than during other times […]"
- "In the places where “hard licker” was still to be had patrons were lined in front of the bar in a double rank and the trade in bottled goods was as rushing as the bar patronage."
- "Over two hundred and fifty customers invaded the Book Exchange Monday and Tuesday as its portals swung open to those who were to receive cash payment for books sold. So rushing was the business yesterday that $500 which the executive had on hand was paid out long before the proposed closing time."
- "Janie was astonished to see the money Jody had spent for the land come back to him so fast. Ten new families bought lots and moved to town in six weeks. It all looked too big and rushing for her to keep track of."