Sentence examples for pushing strenuously from inspiring English sources

has been pushing strenuously for a robust public option, arguing that tying it to Medicare rates gives it the best chance of competing against private insurers.

But when John F. Harris reported in The Washington Post that Madeleine K. Albright, then the ambassador to the United Nations, was considered a "second tier" candidate for secretary of state, women's groups erupted with anger and pushed strenuously for her to be appointed as the first woman to hold the post.

Slow down, it's not worth pushing yourself strenuously when it's hot outside; things that require a lot of physical effort can be done early in the morning or later in the day.

Elected officials from South Dakota and elsewhere have pushed back strenuously at the idea of sending their water downstream.

In the end, would Berger suggest marketers actually attempt to push less strenuously to gain popularity for a product?

Tony Blair, desperate to restore his multilateral bona fides with his own citizens and with the leaders of other European nations, has lobbied for the largest possible U.N. role; Secretary Powell has also been pushing, though less strenuously.

The campaign strenuously denied the accusations made in the piece.

Inés Salazar, a Venezuelan soprano, was an exceedingly lovely Tosca, though some rough patches and faulty pitch suggested that she was pushing her bright voice too strenuously.

Democrats and some Republicans from the region are strenuously opposed to that approach, pushing Congress to approve as much federal aid as possible in the coming weeks, primarily out of concern that assistance will become less of a priority later on.

But such was the desperation of Democratic leaders to "move on" from Iraq and talk about the economy during the campaign that it is Colin Powell and Tony Blair, not they, who are now identified with pushing the administration toward the tough Security Council resolution it at first so strenuously resisted.

So strenuously has the governor pushed the measure, and so closely has he become linked to it, that a defeat would most likely curb his influence, and might even invite a primary challenge from a younger generation of Democrats.