pushy
Example Sentences
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One day he brought a pushy newspaper reporter and insisted Maggie tell the man that there was no engagement.
From Literature
She could dismiss my preparations if she wanted, but I likened our arrangement to the night I had to fight off a pushy raccoon back on the farm.
From Literature
He was never pushy, they said, explaining years later how they let their guard down.
Kennedy didn’t get his wish thanks to Lions receivers getting too pushy themselves, albeit on the field of play.
From Los Angeles Times
“They don’t necessarily like him, because he can be difficult to work with and very, very demanding, very pushy.”
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
