pressed
Example Sentences
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Speaking on Tuesday before this week's Irish Open, Rahm was tight-lipped when pressed on his future.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
But pressed on whether development should be slowed until safety measures catch up, he said he would be open to the idea.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026
When Joe Bauer is pressed to share his vision of a better world, all Wilson can muster is a mumbled plea to maybe read more books.
From Salon ● Sep. 6, 2026
A photograph showed the second man caked in mud, his hands pressed together in prayer, as rescuers carried him on a stretcher.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
The room was crowded, bodies pressed in on me from all sides, and the air had an angry hum that reminded me of a beehive I’d accidentally hit with my baseball when I was nine.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
