pushy
Example Sentences
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“You think if I text him he might think I’m pushy?”
From Literature
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A year after narrowly losing best actor honors with his uncanny Bob Dylan portrayal in "A Complete Unknown," Timothee Chalamet had long appeared a lock for his pushy ping-pong player "Marty Supreme."
From Barron's
One day he brought a pushy newspaper reporter and insisted Maggie tell the man that there was no engagement.
From Literature
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She could dismiss my preparations if she wanted, but I likened our arrangement to the night I had to fight off a pushy raccoon back on the farm.
From Literature
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He was never pushy, they said, explaining years later how they let their guard down.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.