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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Instead, be attentive and fully present without being pushy.
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Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
Bullies take many shapes and forms, pushy clients, domineering partners and uncooperative internals, filling out a murderer’s row of enough antagonists to populate Death Wish and its four increasingly campy sequels.
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
While some folks are put off by raw fennel’s pushy licorice taste, the flavors mellow as its edges soften and become slightly sweet and lush.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
The fact is, in a newsroom full of meddlesome, sometimes pushy people, Beverly was none of that.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
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Harriette Cole, Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2025
Bullies take many shapes and forms, pushy clients, domineering partners and uncooperative internals, filling out a murderer’s row of enough antagonists to populate Death Wish and its four increasingly campy sequels.
—Paul Fitzgerald, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025
While some folks are put off by raw fennel’s pushy licorice taste, the flavors mellow as its edges soften and become slightly sweet and lush.
—Tribune News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Oct. 2025
The fact is, in a newsroom full of meddlesome, sometimes pushy people, Beverly was none of that.
—Brad Schmitt, Nashville Tennessean, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Pushy.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/pushy. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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