PRESSING in a Sentence
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364 example sentences for PRESSING, such as:
1. I pressed out the rest of shampoo by force.
2. The police pressed on with the investigation.
3. Adjust the control knobs by pressing lightly.
4. He pressed a card into her hand before leaving.
5. She pressed her foot down sharply on the brake pedal.
2. The police pressed on with the investigation.
3. Adjust the control knobs by pressing lightly.
4. He pressed a card into her hand before leaving.
5. She pressed her foot down sharply on the brake pedal.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of PRESSING
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pressing
n. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure
a. compelling immediate action
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 "Not at all," replied Chichikov, pressing his hand; after which he heaved a profound sigh.
2 "By no means," asserted Chichikov, pressing his hand to his heart.
3 "I tell you what," said Nozdrev, pressing the sides of the pack together, and then slightly bending them, so that the pack cracked and a card flew out.
4 'As you like,' replied the latter, pressing down the second bullet.
5 But here her voice broke, and at the same time she felt that Pavel Petrovitch was snatching and pressing her hand.
6 Pierre, in order to make Boris' better acquaintance, promised to come to dinner, and warmly pressing his hand looked affectionately over his spectacles into Boris' eyes.
7 Mademoiselle Bourienne stood near them pressing her hand to her heart, with a beatific smile and obviously equally ready to cry or to laugh.
8 The whole moving mass began pressing closer together and a report spread that they were ordered to halt: evidently those in front had halted.
9 "Oh, what a nuisance," said Dolgorukov, getting up hurriedly and pressing the hands of Prince Andrew and Boris.
10 He was pressing one hand to his left side, while the other clutched his drooping pistol.
11 "I wish you courage and success," and, pressing Pierre's hand, he went out.
12 The side horses, pressing against the shafts of the middle horse, sank in the snow, which was dry and glittered like sugar, and threw it up.
13 Rostov, smoking his pipe and turning his head about as the water trickled down his neck, listened inattentively, with an occasional glance at Ilyin, who was pressing close to him.
14 A middle-aged man, handsome and virile, in the uniform of a retired naval officer, was speaking in one of the rooms, and a small crowd was pressing round him.
15 The Emperor ceased speaking, the crowd began pressing round him, and rapturous exclamations were heard from all sides.
Example Sentence: (154 in 11 pages)
1 He left, saying he had pressing matters to attend to.
2 There are a few things you should check before pressing the shutter release.
3 Adjust the control knobs by pressing lightly.
4 The Defense Department has been pressing private contractors for options to speed up deployment of missile defenses.
5 He was totally unresponsive to the pressing social and economic needs of the majority of the population.
6 She found her head pressing against the ceiling, and had to stoop to save her neck from being broken.
7 The juice from the last pressing being very dark and astringent, is put with the inferior wine.
8 He had finished gouging out a cob, and now he fitted a weed stem to it, loaded it with tobacco, and was pressing a coal to the charge and blowing a cloud of fragrant smoke -- he was in the full bloom of luxurious contentment.
9 Panama brushed aside North Korea's demands on Thursday that it release an impounded North Korean freighter and its 35-member crew, pressing criminal charges against all aboard for endangering public security.
10 Most pressing is the payroll data, Mr Sullivan said. Reams and reams of information about employee salaries.
11 He pressed a card into her hand before leaving.
12 The prime minister pressed the panic button yesterday as Britain's economy plunged deeper into crisis.
13 She pressed her foot down sharply on the brake pedal.
14 I pressed out the rest of shampoo by force.
15 The police pressed on with the investigation.