pressing on
Example Sentences
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She kept pressing on what the trial judge should have done, and what, specifically, defense counsel was required to do.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
Perhaps it was how plainly yet passionately many artists used their time onstage to speak about the issues pressing on us right now.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 2, 2026
A disc had slipped and was pressing on a nerve.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 25, 2025
They discovered a vascular tumor the size of a golf ball pressing on her brain stem and entangled in blood vessels and cranial nerves.
From Seattle Times • May 13, 2024
On the rickety, old-fashioned stained- glass door, with its motifs of exotic birds, there was a bronze knocker in the shape of a woman’s hand pressing on a ball.
From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende
