Sentence examples for pushing frightened from inspiring English sources

Monday, the House failed to pass an earlier, leaner, version of the legislation, sending the U.S. market into a tailspin and pushing frightened banks to tighten credit to record levels.

And unlike violent protest, peaceful protest cannot backfire and push frightened ordinary citizens and moderate political forces into the arms of the regime.

The Brotherhood declared way back, during the revolution, that they would not contest the Presidency; this was widely seen as an effort not to frighten people by pushing an Islamist national agenda too soon.

She got frightened when she started pushing the body and it seemed to move, and they decided against the idea.

"I was terribly frightened that I would push the wrong lever," she said.

We want to find a way of frightening them away, of pushing them out, without hurting them".

Representative Henry A. Waxman of California said the Democratic message was getting through "to people that are frightened by an economy that is pushing them down," who want "to get somebody to care about them".

Settlers have also set fields on fire and used their arms and power to frighten and push back Palestinian farmers.

By setting events in the future, they can identify social trends and technologies that bedazzle or frighten us, push them to their limits, and use the created fiction as a way of redirecting attention back to the present.

"Finally we might get a president who is not frightened to use real power to push his agenda and get things done," he said.

Mr. Bush's plan to push ahead with a national missile defense has frightened and angered the Chinese because even a limited system will neutralize their small nuclear forces.