Thrusted is not a dictionary-recognized word. The verb thrust is uninflected in its past-tense, past-participle, and perfect-tense forms. So, for example, “I was thrust into the spotlight,” “I have thrust myself into the spotlight,” and “I thrust myself into the spotlight yesterday” are all correct. Though such instances of thrust may sound a little funny, they are correct according to all the dictionaries we checked.
Examples
Thrusted appears occasionally—for example:
And another TV reporter thrusted a microphone toward Parker . . . [St. Louis Post-Dispatch]
Those voting against thrusted the spear towards the sky and went boo, boo. [Connaught Telegraph]
But most edited publications use thrust—for example:
But the song, which some have called “the worst song ever” and inane, has thrust Black into the worldwide spotlight. [Chicago Sun-Times]
They thrust Egyptian flags into our hands and crowded around to have their pictures taken with Jonah and Georgia. [Wall Street Journal]
She’s a sweet girl thrust into situations that force her to find inner strength, a victim of the times. [Houston Chronicle]
