Sentence examples for almost pressing from inspiring English sources

Titania protested, and threatened to get the nurse, and even held the call button in her hand, almost pressing it while the boy shoved steak into his mouth and Oberon laughed.

We get very nervous though as the judges seemed hesitant with the classic "WILL THEY OR WON'T THEY" fake-out shots of their hands almost pressing the button.

Most pressing?

He was a spectral presence at this week's NATO summit, where Russia seemed almost as pressing a concern as it was in the days of the Soviet Union.

On almost all pressing recent matters, whether in the euro crisis or over sanctions on Russia, France has been slow to move, inaudible or even downright difficult.

Many military men are reluctant to see someone they regard as a corrupt and manipulative politician released on to a volatile scene.Football apart thousands more Nigerians took to the streets to celebrate Nigeria's initial success in the World Cup than demonstrated for democracy last week the most pressing problem affecting almost everyone is the fuel shortage.

This approach has contributed in no small way to the sorry state of contemporary American politics, where epithets have replaced arguments, a sense of common destiny seems lacking among citizens and compromise has become almost impossible on the most pressing national issues.

Meanwhile, the governor has almost abandoned the state's most pressing business: closing the gigantic budget shortfall, which is $38 billion and counting.

After all, the fact that the Obama administration spent almost 20 months pressing Israel for a settlements freeze indicates where the president thinks the problem is.

There are some evenings that amble along without being in a hurry, shuffling slowly as if up a slight incline, evenings that are straggly and not pressing, almost see-through, like a colloid against the light, although there's nothing sensational to spy out in them.

And above it all, the infinite New Mexico sky, an almost physical presence pressing down upon the horizon like a paperweight.