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
Recent Examples on the WebLong before any pushy investors showed up, the Cirque had been trying to figure out how to generate extra revenue beyond pure ticket sales.—Phil Wahba, Fortune, 24 Apr. 2024 Thankfully things didn't escalate beyond a scoff in this case, but what should a traveler do in a similar situation to handle a pushy fellow passenger civilly?—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024 There’s never been any suggestion that Zendaya’s mother and father, Claire Stoermer and dad Kazembe Ajamu Coleman, were pushy stage parents.—Martha Ross, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024 But Jay died in late 2022, ending a half-century career as the pushy cosmic evangelist, as responsible as anyone for the sensational circus of science, wonder and tourism that solar eclipses have become.—Dennis Overbye, New York Times, 2 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for pushy
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