Sentence examples for if pressed for from inspiring English sources

His wild guess: "somewhere between $200 and $300 million, and if pressed for a single number I'd say $250 million".

If pressed for time, I would remove prepared food from takeout tins and fob it off as my own.

But if pressed for an answer, Belichick could certainly provide a range of probabilities for each of those branches.

If pressed for a favorite, I'd say the planet-wide sentient ocean in Stanislaw Lem's novel "Solaris," and the two films of the same name.

As a writer, Olney discovered a talent for using words to establish the method and flavour of almost anything, but if pressed for his most singular vocation, you might say that he learned to write about stew better than any man who ever lived.

Would you, if pressed for one reason or another, be able to stop using Google services?

Ben Greenman, although he's sort of a Dolphins fan ("if pressed"), is looking, mostly, for trouble.

But that is a difficult move for Peña Nieto, who would be attacking his own party if he pressed for more investigations into the actions of the governors.

Making brownies in muffin tins cuts the baking time, so is an easy cheat if you're pressed for time, even if you don't want to shape them into bowls.

If soldiers succeed in deferring retirement, they remain covered by a military insurance policy that, if pressed, pays for private care.

I don't mind stemming and washing it, but if you are pressed for time the bagged spinach is a godsend, especially if you live in a cold climate and don't have access to farmers' market spinach in December.