pressing

Example Sentences

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“We never stopped believing that somewhere out there, in some stranger’s backyard, our mother’s rosebush was blossoming madly, wildly, pressing one perfect red flower after another out into the late afternoon light.”

From The Wall Street Journal

Key to Arsenal's build-up has been players rotating frequently while maintaining their shape, with opponents pressing them finding it hard to know who to follow.

From BBC

He said he had raised "detailed concerns" with Reform about Warrington's ongoing financial issues, but emails had gone unanswered and the lack of focus on the town's "most pressing issues is disappointing".

From BBC

Affordability, as in struggling just to get by, is not a pressing issue here.

From Los Angeles Times

Now, amid a national housing shortage, the question felt as pressing as ever: What if construction could harness the speed, efficiency, quality control and cost-savings of the assembly line?

From Los Angeles Times