Sentence examples for pushing rather from inspiring English sources

Prior was pushing rather than driving at that delivery, which is why it didn't carry.

"I think that they were pushing rather aggressively at people," he said, "and certainly it wasn't helpful for those of us who were trying to keep things nonviolent".

Avoid shoulder strains and back spasms by pushing rather than humping your groceries back to a car that will get your ice cream home before it melts.

Some groups, like policemen, are entitled to a (measly) pension after just 15 years of service, even if some of it was spent pen pushing rather than walking the beat.

Irish had prompted so few openings that the outcome looked assured but when Clark's replacement at blindside flanker, Mark Easter, became distracted at a scrum – concentrating on pushing rather than watching – it allowed Thorpe to exploit unexpected space and give his side a slither of hope.

But this account of Schubert's song cycle seemed to grow steadily in authority after an uncertain start when both partners seemed to be getting the measure of the hall; Lewis a little bit overassertive, Clayton sometimes pushing rather hard – perhaps in compensation.

When you move furniture, try to push rather than pull".

"Instead of evolving our way, we're being pushed rather hard," said the head of one fixed-income trading desk.

The statement called for dialogue between North and South Korea, something the Obama administration had pushed, rather than an immediate resumption of multilateral negotiations with North Korea that China had backed.

By the time the train falls, the front-seat riders are already on their way down, being pushed rather than yanked into the free fall.

The product at issue, Phenergan, provides anti-nausea relief four times more quickly when administered via "I.V. push" rather than intramuscular injection.