Words similar to pushing

Example sentences for: pushing

How can you use “pushing” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Willes is also pushing "hero" stories and civic journalism, the kind of pandering to readers that infuriates editors.
? And would a corkscrew and proper glasses be pushing it?
Jesse Helms, R-N.C., persuading a recalcitrant Congress to ratify the chemical weapons conventions, and pushing for NATO expansion.
Since the time of the First Opium War (1839–1842), Western nations had been pushing China to open its doors to foreign trade.
A suggested solution to the semantic confusion would be to sharpen the distinction between paddleball and racquetball . These games could be defined simply as ` handball played with a paddle,' the only difference being that paddleball employs a perforated wooden racquet and a large spongy ball, while racquetball , which is rapidly pushing both handball and paddleball into obscurity, employs a small strung racquet and a lively rubber ball.