pressed down

Example Sentences

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Instead, she put on Bruce Springsteen's Streets Of Philadelphia, dialled up the keyboard's "synth strings" setting, and pressed down two keys.

From BBC • Oct. 23, 2025

Tourists wandered through openings in the gates, some lamenting the lengthy detours the barriers required — especially given the humidity and heat that pressed down on the city.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2025

The device pressed down with such force and grabbed so much that rocks became wedged around the rim of the lid.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 20, 2023

I pressed down on a metal button toward the front of the device to turn it on.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2023

The whale’s teeth pressed down on the sphere, causing faint lines to spider across it, but the protective device held, and finally the jaws relaxed.

From "Aru Shah and the End of Time" by Roshani Chokshi