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Example sentences for: pressed

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In advertising, almost any type of fixed expression can be pressed into service.
Pressed about these remarks, Williams parried, ducked, and fled her press conference.
I take the approaches made by prostitutes to be classic examples of uninvited sexual advances . Whatever one's views of prostitution, however, one would be hard pressed to seriously consider such behavior as a form of sexual harassment.
You would be hard pressed to argue that Gingrich wants a positive self-image.
He and his associates, supported by Clarke, pressed for developing a partnership with the Northern Alliance, even though doing so might bring the United States squarely behind one side in Afghanistan's long-running civil war.