Sentence examples for rather pushy from inspiring English sources

Yes, Juliet may have been rather pushy for a fictional prepubescent girl living in 16th-century Italy, but fast-forward to 2008 and a growing number of men are doing just what she asked.

For instance, we initially questioned some rather pushy sales tactics by one of our team members in Russia.

She's blunt or rather pushy -- the sort of person who insults you, takes a little dig and then says "I'm just busting your balls," as if that makes it alright.

The staff at the European universities expected rather pushy, ambitious, highly organised individuals, characteristics that often distinguish students opting to continue to doctoral level studies in the European context.

As a press agent he was persuasive rather than pushy; as a producer, he believed in consensus decision-making.

Well, until recently anyway, it seemed to involve having an easy-to-take personality, being generally soft-spoken rather than pushy, not noticeably eccentric, and not so socially dominating as to overshadow the guests.

He delves into old funk, disco and Latin percussion alongside house beats and the buzzes and blips of analog synthesizers, making tracks that are lighthearted and inviting rather than pushy.

Without this psychological prop, I worry that I might fall into the category of "pushy PhD" rather than "genuinely curious new entrant to the field".

Do not be too pushy but rather interested in their game and excited to be talking about the sport.

Drug firms are reluctant to be seen as pushy marketers they would rather the public believed that doctors prescribe their medicines simply because they are the best.

The pushy hosta smothered the rather delicate astilbe.