Sentence examples for pressing on him from inspiring English sources

Silent, grim, like a heavy, heavy weight was pressing on him...

He seemed irritated that nothing he did went unnoticed, as if our devotedness were pressing on him.

One of the SEALs testified that after Jamadi was handcuffed a C.I.A. interrogator rammed "his arm up against the detainee's chest, pressing on him with all his weight".

Another, Eddie Selby, thumbed through the handwritten notes that agitated citizens kept pressing on him, scribbled with the addresses of people who needed rescue.

Shackleton, with other concerns pressing on him, felt obliged to concede.

And full credit to him for pressing on; Razorlight can still get a high spot on festival billings, and shouldering through the commercial disaster  of last year's solo debut 'Borrell 1' takes grit.

Emphasizing the positive on a day when at least 34 people were killed in Baghdad by a series of suicide bombings that appeared to be coordinated, Mr. Bush said the attacks would not deter him from pressing on to bring peace and prosperity to the Iraqi people.

The tumor in his chest was pressing on his lungs, making it difficult for him to breath.

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He sometimes jolted awake, overcome by the sensation that the atmosphere was pressing down on him.

Once, he found himself in a corner of the court with two Michigan players, both taller than he, pressing in on him shoulder to shoulder.