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
Close astern of her comes War Ordnance, her pushful young captain having taken heed of the sounds of Standard's weighing.
From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by David W. (David William) Bone
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 Robert Neilson Stephens
Having discovered his niche, the pushful Smith soon had his fingers in several other pies.
From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Horace Wyndham
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 Janey Canuck
