pushful

Example Sentences

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This action clearly certified the future of super-industry in Alabama and endorsed the condition Birmingham has in mind when, like pushful Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles, it calls itself "Greater Birmingham."

From Time Magazine Archive

No wonder the Fifth Symphony appeals so much to our virtuous and pushful middle-class audiences.

From Impressions and Comments by Ellis, Havelock

Servia and Greece have long watched the rapid and uninterrupted progress of their pushful neighbour with mixed feelings of fear and envy.

From Bulgaria by Fox, Frank, Sir

Having discovered his niche, the pushful Smith soon had his fingers in several other pies.

From The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert by Wyndham, Horace

The Tanglefoot," continued Sheila, while a sigh of sheer rapture rose from the crowd, "is pre-eminently the car for a medical man or pushful undertaker.

From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, 1920-03-31 by Various