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

Close astern of her comes War Ordnance, her pushful young captain having taken heed of the sounds of Standard's weighing.

From Merchantmen-at-arms : the British merchants' service in the war by Bone, David W. (David William)

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

Here he had Thurlow, the future lord chancellor, as a fellow-clerk, and it is stated that Thurlow promised to help his less pushful comrade in the days of realized ambition.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" by Various

I trust not," said Larcher; "but he's one of the pushful sort.

From The Mystery of Murray Davenport A Story of New York at the Present Day by Stephens, Robert Neilson