Sentences with press
press
P p - He pressed his back against the door. [VERB noun + against]
- Drago pressed a button and the door closed. [VERB noun]
- ...a TV which rises from a table at the press of a button.
- The engine stalled. He pressed the accelerator hard. [VERB noun]
- Police might now press for changes in the law. [VERB + for]
- Trade unions are pressing him to stand firm. [VERB noun to-infinitive]
- The protest campaign has used mass strikes and demonstrations to press its demands. [VERB noun]
- The weight of irrational guilt pressed on her. [VERB + on]
- All I had was money, which I pressed on her reluctant mother. [VERB noun + on]
- Vera pressed his shirt. [VERB noun]
- The grapes are hand-picked and pressed. [be VERB-ed]
- Today the British press is full of articles on India's new prime minister.
- Christie looked relaxed and calm as he faced the press afterwards.
- ...the invention of the printing press.
- He pressed the button on the camera
- He managed to press 280 pounds
- They pressed for an answer
- To press a claim
- We're hard pressed for time
- The play received a poor press
- To press a gift on a friend
- He strikes out often because he is pressing
- This fabric presses well
- To receive a bad press
- This type of forging involves squeezing metal between dies in a press.The finely ground material is then placed in a filter cloth and the juice extracted in a press.A press is a machine that uses pressure to do a particular kind of work, for example to shape materials or extract liquids.
- French taxis were pressed into service as troop transports.
- For days he hasn't seemed able to buy a hit, and he's been pressing.
- Time presses.
- To press for an answer.
- The army pressed to reach the river by dawn.
- The last edition has gone to press.