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
Forearms that felt like iron cannons pressed down on my back.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 16, 2024
The glasses didn’t improve his eyesight, weren’t particularly stylish and uncomfortably pressed down on his nose.
From Scientific American • Oct. 10, 2023
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
She pressed down on the handle to compress the chamber, which pumped air into the kiln.
From "The Many Assassinations of Samir, the Seller of Dreams" by Daniel Nayeri
