pressing

Example Sentences

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‘You’d nearly reached the surface,’ said Renn, pressing what felt like cobwebs to his forehead, ‘then you turned round and swam, deliberately swam, back down again!’

From Literature

Mrs. Kuen paused, but it seemed to me that she was pressing me, waiting for me to say something.

From Literature

Her friend is carrying a stack of newspapers; now she flies around the store, pressing copies into shoppers’ hands, depositing them on top of the glass cases.

From Literature

Of more pressing concern to Draper will be whether his ranking can stay high enough for him to be among the seeds for May's French Open.

From BBC

For McBride and others like him, it’s a disappointing setback that follows years of pressing Washington to make air transit just a bit more decent and humane.

From Los Angeles Times