pushy

Example Sentences

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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

He was never pushy, they said, explaining years later how they let their guard down.

From The Wall Street Journal

Kennedy didn’t get his wish thanks to Lions receivers getting too pushy themselves, albeit on the field of play.

From Los Angeles Times

“They don’t necessarily like him, because he can be difficult to work with and very, very demanding, very pushy.”

From The Wall Street Journal

“It just needed a push, and I’m pushy enough to say, ‘OK, let’s do this program in both ends of the hemisphere,’” she said.

From Los Angeles Times