hard-pressed
Example Sentences
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He said hard-pressed suppliers were cutting corners on quality.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
A person familiar with the process but not authorized to speak about it publicly said Hackman Capital will be hard-pressed to pay its debt in light of challenges facing the industry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2026
And I’ll say it again: You would be hard-pressed to find a clearer constitutional guarantee than this.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
It’s an incredible level of control that investors would be hard-pressed to find in publicly traded companies.
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
Irwin’s stable was probably the largest in America at the time, and may have been the largest ever, but most of the horses would have been hard-pressed to outrun Irwin himself.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
