How to Use hard-pressed in a Sentence

hard-pressed

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• The district has been hard-pressed for funds this year, too.
  — Nora O’Neill, Charlotte Observer, 9 Apr. 2025
• The Beavers will be hard-pressed to reach that level of success.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• In the Lions’ den at Ford Field, Williams will be hard-pressed to find running room.
  — Bill Reinhard, New York Daily News, 11 Jan. 2024
• The Bulls take on the Bucks tonight in Milwaukee, but Chicago fans will be hard-pressed to watch it.
  — Justin Kaufmann, Axios, 25 Oct. 2024
• Each brings strong resumés and versatile skill sets, but will be hard-pressed to replace the star trio.
  — Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2025
• If that occurs, the Fed could be hard-pressed to continue its rate-cutting push.
  — Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 3 Jan. 2025
• Drinkers may be hard-pressed to find better cider than those made locally.
  — Tiney Ricciardi, Denver Post, 24 June 2025
• Paramount may find itself hard-pressed to go without Nielsen for long.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 26 Sep. 2024
• Paramount may find itself hard-pressed to go without Nielsen for long.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 1 Oct. 2024
• Simply put, the Hurricanes will be hard-pressed to avoid an upset.
  — Keven Lerner, Sun Sentinel, 2 Oct. 2024
• But if the House can squeeze its plan through incredibly tight margins, the Senate will be hard-pressed to refuse it.
  — Riley Beggin, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
• Kansas City has been hard-pressed to find a second receiver that can match Hopkins, and that might be the case now.
  — James Brizuela, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
• With the aprons threatening, the Magic front office will be hard-pressed to maintain its roster depth for the long term.
  — Josh Robbins, New York Times, 16 June 2025
• Salmon and steelhead anglers will be hard-pressed to find a better rod than the Okuma X-Series.
  — Christopher Murray May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links. This Content Was Created By A Team That Works Independently From The Fox Newsroom., FOXNews.com, 31 July 2025
• Even users going through the most severe TikTok withdrawal would be hard-pressed to buy a used phone for the price of a 2025 Toyota Prius.
  — Hank Sanders, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2025
• Miners have already invested in their equipment and would be hard-pressed to throw it all away, for one.
  — Justine Calma, The Verge, 11 July 2023
• Indeed, Justice Thomas would have been hard-pressed to get a loan from a traditional lender.
  — Julie Tate, New York Times, 5 Aug. 2023
• The Lionesses will be hard-pressed to beat the French, who finally found their form in a 6-1 dissection of China.
  — John Powers, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Aug. 2023
• Ten years and tens of millions in salary separate the pitchers, but those who watched Thursday would be hard-pressed to notice.
  — Chandler Rome, New York Times, 16 May 2025
• Absent outside help, first-time buyers are often hard-pressed to put 20% down.
  — Aldo Svaldi, The Denver Post, 5 May 2024
• But young renters would be hard-pressed to find a market that isn’t rapidly outpacing their paycheck.
  — Jane Thier, Fortune, 29 Mar. 2024
• The returns might help the team better down the road, and the Bruins had already been hard-pressed to deliver results before the deadline.
  — Carol Schram, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
• But the Tiffany network will be hard-pressed to be the driver of significant growth for the entire company.
  — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 18 Jan. 2024
• Whoever gets the job will be hard-pressed to turn around an economy that’s collapsed in recent years.
  — Dana Khraiche, Bloomberg.com, 5 June 2023
• Even if everything breaks perfectly for Schilling, a former Grand Canyon assistant, the Waves will be hard-pressed to crack the top five.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 27 June 2024
• The Department of Agriculture seems hard-pressed to return answers in time.
  — Joanna Thompson, The Atlantic, 20 May 2025
• Many borrowers could be hard-pressed to get new funding for those properties.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 8 June 2023
• But most of the candidates, as reported by Politico, would be hard-pressed to make it past Harris if Biden steps down or is replaced.
  — Ross O'Keefe, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 1 July 2024
• Had the Pac-12 remained intact, Cal and Stanford would be hard-pressed to compete in the emerging environment.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 9 Aug. 2024
• Longtime viewers would be hard-pressed to name a character more pivotal than Maggie and a star more watchable than Rogers.
  — Ryan Coleman Published, EW.com, 30 July 2025