hard-pressed

Example Sentences

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It is but a momentary respite for the hard-pressed island.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 30, 2026

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

You’d be hard-pressed to argue that either is the case.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 18, 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

Sometimes Autumn knows how I feel before I even tell her, which means I’d be hard-pressed to get anything past her.

From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer