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

And who in this pushful, practical age has ever heard of a car spotter in the railway yards buying a ton of coal?

From Seeds of Pine by Canuck, Janey

Having discovered his niche, the pushful Smith soon had his fingers in several other pies.

From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Wyndham, Horace

I trust not," said Larcher; "but he's one of the pushful sort.

From The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day by Stephens, Robert Neilson

He had only joined the riot from youthful exuberance and a desire to be "in the hearse," as an old Scottish lady once bitterly observed of a too pushful mourner at her husband's funeral.

From A Safety Match by Hay, Ian