Examples of pushy in a Sentence
he's usually very pushy about insinuating his own ideas into other people's projects
the pushy cocktail waiter kept asking me if I wanted another drink, even though I hadn't finished the first one
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Over at the Ratliff suite, a pushy hotel staffer attempts to get the family to surrender their cell phones.
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
Then a nameless local 12-year-old arrives (the arresting Jade Croot), glomming onto their vibe, and the movie tips deliriously toward something pushy and tension-filled.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Thankfully things didn't escalate beyond a silent tiff in this case, but what should a traveler do in a similar situation to handle a pushy fellow passenger civilly?
—Charna Flam, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Mesta and the show’s star, Ethel Merman, two loud peas in the same pushy pod, became and remained fast friends.
—Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 17 Feb. 2025
Then a nameless local 12-year-old arrives (the arresting Jade Croot), glomming onto their vibe, and the movie tips deliriously toward something pushy and tension-filled.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2025
Thankfully things didn't escalate beyond a silent tiff in this case, but what should a traveler do in a similar situation to handle a pushy fellow passenger civilly?
—Charna Flam, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Mesta and the show’s star, Ethel Merman, two loud peas in the same pushy pod, became and remained fast friends.
—Thomas Mallon, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for pushy
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“Pushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pushy. Accessed 3 Mar. 2025.
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