pressed down

Example Sentences

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Instead, she put on Bruce Springsteen's Streets Of Philadelphia, dialled up the keyboard's "synth strings" setting, and pressed down two keys.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

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

The incident occurred Tuesday morning at around 9:30 a.m. after the “Pulp Fiction” actor mistakenly pressed down on the accelerator instead of the brakes, causing her to steer into a building structure, according to LASD.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 14, 2023

But from there, its base extends down another three miles to the seafloor—which is actually pressed down for an additional five miles by the massive mountain’s weight.

From Scientific American • Nov. 29, 2022

He pressed down the ends of his mustache with his thumb and forefinger, but he wouldn’t meet her gaze.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee