Sentence examples for hard-pressed from inspiring English sources

"hard-pressed" is a correct and usable phrase in written English
It is used to describe a situation in which someone is finding it difficult or having difficulty doing or achieving something. For example, "The teacher was hard-pressed to contain the students' enthusiasm in the classroom."

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hard-pressed

adjective

Barely able. Having difficulty doing something.

  • Although they are still available, I think we would be hard-pressed to find one on short notice.

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Soccer officials are hard-pressed.

Hard-pressed commercial publishers don't need that.

Or so, at any rate, Indonesia's hard-pressed environmentalists hope.

Hard-pressed Americans are understandably concerned about rising gasoline prices.

But now I am hard-pressed to fault their strategy.

Spare a thought for hard-pressed Tatler readers.

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The private sector is clearly hard pressed.

Anyone outside Washington would be hard pressed to name one.

He'd be hard pressed to climb any higher.

But I'm hard pressed to think of them right now.

"Many are hard pressed to notice it has sliding doors.

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