bolt/rush/storm towards an object

Yes, you can use those sentences. ‘Rushed’ indicates haste/urgency; ‘Bolted’ is much the same, but could imply having been startled/scared; and ‘Stormed’ is unlikely (for a cat) indicating anger or aggression.

I just heard something strange. How come we can say "My brother stormed out of the room", but we can't say "My brother stormed into the room"? I don't think that's correct.

Gene93we can say "My brother stormed out of the room", but we can't say "My brother stormed into the room"?

I have heard it both ways (into and out of). The reason for the loss of temper can start "in a room" and cause an angry exit; or can start "elsewhere" and cause a room to be stormed into.
Yes, “rushed” equals “hurried”. “In a hurry” has been around

Yes, thank you. I just came across a similar article. Is it true that "bolt" cannot be followed by prepositions of direction? I referred to a few dictionaries and that doesn't seem to be the case.

Thank you.

As you will find in dictionaries, ‘bolt’ as a verb has a few meanings. One of them ‘to bolt’ is to move quickly. By ‘direction’ you might mean ‘forward, backward’ but that is not common. He left the scene in a hurry: ‘he bolted’ (from is understood). An Olympic runner might ‘bolt out of the starting position’; a cat might change direction suddenly ‘bolting to the left’; but these don’t feel co

I have a few sentences. Here they are:
- The reporters bolted for the door from which the mayor appeared.
- The horses bolted out of the barn.
I was told by AE speakers that bolt + out/into/towards/for are not common. Dictionaries beg to differ, but I know that very often the information they provide is misleading.

Although I see no grammatical objection to either sentence, I offer this:
The second sentence is natural to me as a Canadian/British user.
The first is difficult to picture: If the reporters were anxious to interview the mayor, they would be rushing to the mayor—the door is not the target. However, consider a slightly different picture: “The reporters bolted for the door through which th

Something makes me thing that "rush" would sound better in this sentence. Even though that's the original, I will change it a little: "The reporters rushed to the mayor as soon as he entered the city hall." I don't think we can say "The reporters bolted to the mayor..." I have never seen it used this way. Doesn't rush sound better? I have been thinking of "hurried", but I am not sure whether it fi

I agree with you. Bolt is indicative of panic and a reporter's job is to be first to get the news, but 'rush' is what is expected. 'Hurry' is what one does to get out of the rain or to get to work too businesslike. I was concentrating only on how 'bolt' would be usable.