Sentence examples for were pressed to from inspiring English sources

Increasingly, victims tell us they were pressed to retract.

Their beer cans were pressed to smug and smiling lips.

Both said they were pressed to retract under threat of prosecution.

State travel agencies were pressed to deliver on their Expo quotas.

Both say they were pressed to retract and prosecuted when they refused.

"They were arrested two weeks ago and they were pressed to accuse me," he said.

The bulldozers were so powerful, oranges were flung from their branches as the trees were pressed to the ground.

But at the same time, investigators were pressed to pursue research that might offer quick payoffs for desperate patients.

It was a damp night; it had rained in the afternoon and slick wet leaves were pressed to the streets.

The producers also were pressed to find more "name" stars — even after they had signed Queen Latifah and Dakota Fanning.

When the 7.2% who said they remained undecided were pressed to indicate a preference, the "others" vote rose to 13.3%.