Sentence examples for was push from inspiring English sources
verb
To apply a force to (an object) such that it moves away from the person or thing applying the force.
- In his anger he pushed me against the wall and threatened me.
All McKenzie did was push Sanders sideways about a foot".
All we did was push it there a little faster.
The strategy, in Kim's own words, was, "Push, push, push".
"M.I.T. was push, push, push to get assignments out the door," she said.
"There was push back from the gay community," says Weiden, who pioneered the effort.
"They thought they had Republicans on the run, when all they did was push us to high ground.
Soon Blinken was push-poling us along a flat in Napeague Bay.
O.K., there's the Cuban missile crisis, which was push-and-go, but I don't think anything would have happened with it.
When the idea of having floating chairs was first raised, there was "push-back", says Silver, "because they said people are going to steal the chairs.
At a news conference, Mr. Teitelbaum described the call as "the latest outrage" from the Clinton campaign, which he said was "push-polling in the most negative and pejorative sense".
Unsurprisingly, given the records of rights abuses in many of the countries present, there was push-back on this and its inclusion caused genuine celebration among the activists present, many of whom face backlash and hostility every day.
