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Example sentences for: pushing

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

He was the last Impressionist, but he also traveled the farthest, pushing the limits of landscape until he broke right through them.
Do you want a furry animatronic pet that burps (and worse) after you "feed" it by pushing down on its tongue?
Until recently, he hasn't spent much time pushing the Second Amendment.
Franks told us that he was pushing independently to do more robust planning on military responses in Iraq during the summer before 9/11-a request President Bush denied, arguing that the time was not right.
The Washington Post gives its whole above-the-fold space to D.C.'s snowstorm, pushing the surplus down below the fold.