Sentence examples for presses down from inspiring English sources

Here Rushdie puts his finger on the existential crisis of our times and presses down hard.

Every time something presses down on the gas main, it chisels away at the pipe.

Dr Chung has carried out experiments with a spinning car wheel that presses down on a cylinder of smart concrete.

History in the novel is a palpable presence, and presses down on the present with suffocating force.

The saw presses down on the work during the cutting stroke but is raised clear of the work during the return stroke.

To set the train in motion, the operator presses down on the controller arm with several pounds of pressure, swivels it and holds on.

But in other ways, they offer me a window into what presses down on a culture that is struggling to change.

The crew taking the presses down warmed themselves over fires in metal barrels; grimy men huddled around flames put one in mind of a Hooverville.

The increase in the supply of labour presses down on the wages of competing workers, at least in the first instance.

On the other hand, when ice melts and sea levels rise, the increased weight of water presses down on the seabed.

Angela Belcher leans in to watch as a machine presses down slowly on the plunger of a syringe, injecting a billion harmless viruses into a clear liquid.