hard-pressed
Example Sentences
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In another area, intermittent strikes by hard-pressed health workers who say they haven’t been paid in months have also disrupted attempts to contain the virus.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026
A person familiar with the process but not authorized to speak about it publicly said Hackman Capital will be hard-pressed to pay its debt in light of challenges facing the industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
“In a blind tasting, unless they’re an expert, people would be hard-pressed to know that it is not a Scotch.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 16, 2026
The agreement re-opens the Strait of Hormuz, Trump says, taking the pressure off the global economy and the real lives of hundreds of millions of hard-pressed people around the world.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
Sometimes Autumn knows how I feel before I even tell her, which means I’d be hard-pressed to get anything past her.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
