How do you use the word "rush" in a sentence?

Q: How do you use the word "rush" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "rush": During the rush hours we find it difficult to get a taxi around here. There ought to be more buses during the rush hours.

Rush Meaning

/ɹʌʃ/

Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounA sudden forward motion.

nounA surge.

Sentence Examples

During the rush hours we find it difficult to get a taxi around here.

There ought to be more buses during the rush hours.

Shoppers made a rush for the exits.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms:

speed hurry race

Antonyms:

delay linger

CEFR Practice Quiz

Because the train was leaving in five minutes, we had to ____ to the platform.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

She had to ____ to the station to catch the last train before midnight.

Word Origin & History

Perhaps from Middle English ruschen, russchen (“to rush, startle, make a loud rushing noise”), from Old English hrysċan (“to jolt, startle”), from Proto-West Germanic *hurskijan, from Proto-Germanic *hurskijaną (“to startle, drive”), from *hurskaz (“fast, rapid, quick”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱers- (“to run, hurry”). Cognate with Old High German hursken (“to hurry, speed, incite, accelerate”), Old English horsċ (“quick, quick-witted, clever”), Old Frisian rosk, rosch (“quick, rapid, sudden”). etymology note An alternative etymology traces rush via Middle English ruschen (“to rush”) from Old English *rūscian (“to rush”) from Proto-Germanic *rūskōną (“to rush, storm, be fierce, be cruel”), a variant (with formative k) of Proto-Germanic *rūsōną (“to be cruel, storm, rush”) from Proto-Indo-European *(o)rewə- (“to drive, move, agitate”), making it akin to Old High German rosc, rosci (“quick”), Middle Low German rûschen (“to rush”), Middle High German rūschen, riuschen (“to rush”) (German rauschen (“to rush”)), North Frisian ruse (“to rush”), Middle Dutch ruuscen (“to make haste”), Middle Dutch rūsen (“to rush”) (Dutch ruisen (“to rush”)), Danish ruse (“to rush”), Swedish rusa (“to rush”). Compare Middle High German rūsch (“a charge, rush”). Influenced by Middle English russhen (“to force back”) from Anglo-Norman russher, russer from Old French ruser, rëuser. Alternatively, according to the OED, perhaps an adaptation of Anglo-Norman russher, russer (“to force back, down, out of place, by violent impact", "to pull out or drag off violently or hastily”), from Old French re(h)usser, ruser (although the connection of the forms with single -s- and double -ss- is dubious; also adopted in English ruse; French ruser (“to retreat, drive back”)), from an assumed Vulgar Latin *refūsāre and Latin refundō (“I cause to flow back”), although connection to the same Germanic root is also possible. More at rouse.

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"A gentleman of his train spurred up his horse, and, with a violent rush, severed him from the duke." — 1642, Henry Wotton, A Short View of the Life and Death of George Villiers:

"When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. […]. The captive made no resistance and came not only quietly but in a series of eager little rushes like a timid dog on a choke chain." — 1963, Margery Allingham, “Meeting Point”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC, page 228:

"Diane makes an announcement to the patient passengers on the quarter-full train. There is no sense of rush - time really does move more slowly in the Highlands. The passengers, nearly all tourists, don't seem in the slightest bothered." — 2023 November 29, Paul Clifton, “West is best in the Highlands”, in RAIL, number 997, page 38:

"The trend burst through last week during sorority rush at the University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, but it continues today in the form of parody videos, deep dives on the status of various recruits and rush videos from women at other colleges across the country who are just starting the process themselves." — 2021 August 17, Allie Jones, “#BamaRush, Explained”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 21 Aug 2021:

"[…]daily “OOTDs” (outfits of the day), rush recap videos from freshly tanned and coiffed prospective new members (PNMs), and reactions to 18-year-old girls either elated or devastated by the high-stakes game of likability that is rush." — 2023 May 24, Adrian Horton, “‘Competitive femininity’: inside the wild and secretive world of sororities”, in The Guardian, →ISSN, archived from the original on 09 Jun 2023:

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