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
Isabella heard that and pressed: “Why’d you name him that?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 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 man who read the World Shipping News in the Grote Markt wore a star on his neatly pressed business suit.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
