pushy

Example Sentences

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A year after narrowly losing best actor honors with his uncanny Bob Dylan portrayal in "A Complete Unknown," Timothee Chalamet had long appeared a lock for his pushy ping-pong player "Marty Supreme."

From Barron's

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.

From The Wall Street Journal

Kennedy didn’t get his wish thanks to Lions receivers getting too pushy themselves, albeit on the field of play.

From Los Angeles Times