Sentence examples for when pushed to explain from inspiring English sources

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When pushed to explain what stress had been affecting the Italians, he added: "For what's happening in Italy to the clubs [in the corruption scandal].

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Why hasn't he been pushed to explain himself?

"Well, every city we have demand in," he explains when pushed to clarify.

When pushed, he explains that traditional marketplaces like eBay aren't adequately equipped for luxury goods.

When I pushed her to explain what that line should be, she said, "Traditional morality," but she couldn't define what that meant.

"There are some people who are willing to work hard to get me out of the picture". When pushed one last time to explain why, Woodruff sighs and says: "Look, it's an enigma to me, too.

Brevity is the soul of wit, and of news: "When we push ourselves to explain something in a sentence or two, you have to really understand what you are working on," he said.

Brennan pushed her to explain why the panel had recently requested the files when they were already in its possession.

"One of the beauties of cinema is that it can build bridges between cultures, and my film is a tiny bridge," Denis Villeneuve, the director of "Incendies," said when asked to explain what pushed him to make the film.

"A debate between a man and woman is very complicated," he told Antena 3, "because if you abuse your intellectual superiority, or whatever it may be, you end up looking like a machista [male chauvinist] who is cornering a defenceless woman". When pushed by the female interviewer to explain his comments, he continued.

When pressed to explain what they believe pushed Mr. Riechers to take his own life, Air Force officials said he was an engineering wizard — with a penchant for writing computer software code and reading Wired magazine — who fell victim to the ruthlessness of political Washington.

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