pressed down

Example Sentences

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Forearms that felt like iron cannons pressed down on my back.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2024

The device pressed down with such force and grabbed so much that rocks became wedged around the rim of the lid.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

Campbell claimed the car - which investigators established had no contributory defects - had problems with its power steering and he had panicked and pressed down on the accelerator.

From BBC • Aug. 18, 2023

I pressed down on a metal button toward the front of the device to turn it on.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

I pressed down the clutch, shifted into first gear, and the car jumped forward.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals