hard-pressed
Example Sentences
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One was that Warsh would be hard-pressed to call financial conditions restrictive.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 30, 2026
And we’re hard-pressed to think of anyone who’s won a governor’s race after struggling to answer a question about whether Thanksgiving should be canceled.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
There was also a promise to do something about the cost of living, with more detail tomorrow on the "breathing space" he is offering hard-pressed families.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
You’d be hard-pressed to find a more irresistible character on television than Cirie Fields on the 50th edition of “Survivor,” or one more discussed than “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives” star Taylor Frankie Paul.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 26, 2026
But Ophie was hard-pressed to get her aunt’s attention that evening.
From "Ophie's Ghosts" by Justina Ireland
