pushful

Example Sentences

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This action clearly certified the future of super-industry in Alabama and endorsed the condition Birmingham has in mind when, like pushful Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles, it calls itself "Greater Birmingham."

From Time Magazine Archive

No wonder the Fifth Symphony appeals so much to our virtuous and pushful middle-class audiences.

From Impressions and Comments by Ellis, Havelock

He was pushful, meant to get on, and had set up white spats as a part of his stock-in-trade.

From Pebbles on the shore [by] Alpha of the plough by Gardiner, A. G. (Alfred George)

I considered him a vulgar and pushful fellow.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 159, 1920-07-28 by Various

"Directly I go away from here I shall make a list of my most really obstinate, pushful friends to help me."

From A Boswell of Baghdad With Diversions by Lucas, E. V. (Edward Verrall)