hard-pressed

Example Sentences

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But critics say the push to refine should have come sooner, with Zimbabwe already having lost out on several years of revenues for the hard-pressed local economy.

From Barron's • Feb. 26, 2026

Improving the well-being of hard-pressed working-class Americans, a central challenge of our time, must rest on more realistic assumptions.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 10, 2026

I’m happy to give the Australians their due, but I’m hard-pressed to see how their design offers any guidance to improving the U.S. system.

From MarketWatch • Jan. 8, 2026

Yet I’m hard-pressed to find anyone who’s truly excited about devoting half a day to see the next installment, which clocks in at 3 hours and 12 minutes.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 3, 2025

They walked to school without incident, though Moss would have been hard-pressed to have noticed the detonation of an atom bomb that morning.

From "Anger Is a Gift" by Mark Oshiro