How to Use hard-pressed in a Sentence

hard-pressed

adjective

• The Beavers will be hard-pressed to reach that level of success.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• 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
• 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
• Many borrowers could be hard-pressed to get new funding for those properties.
  — Steve Brown, Dallas News, 8 June 2023
• Someone from Mexico City or Madrid sitting at the next table could be hard-pressed to follow their rare dialect.
  — Simon Romero Desiree Rios, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2023
• But with stock in AMC having come back down to earth in value, the exhibition giant had been hard-pressed to keep raising fresh cash to run its business.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Aug. 2023
• But with stock in AMC having come back down to earth in value, the exhibition giant has been hard-pressed to keep raising fresh cash to run its business.
  — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 21 July 2023
• First, the company will be hard-pressed to match Amazon's convenience of overnight or same-day delivery with its Prime service.
  — Drew Bernstein, Forbes, 15 Feb. 2024
• At a time when the average American would be hard-pressed to name a single Rock Hudson film, is this what audiences really need to know about the star?
  — Peter Debruge, Variety, 11 June 2023
• Foster will be hard-pressed not to improve on Kelly’s recent recruiting record.
  — Mirjam Swanson, Orange County Register, 12 Feb. 2024
• The idea also acknowledges that each county’s sheriff’s office is hard-pressed to report jail releases to the DMV because of the sheer volume.
  — oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2023
• Plus, any animal lover will be hard-pressed not to shed a tear or two upon seeing an imperiled pup come to be lovingly embraced.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 13 Mar. 2024
• As for aesthetics, even a diehard enthusiast of the Raging Bull would be hard-pressed to spot the stylistic difference between the latest S and the original Urus.
  — Jeremy Taylor, Robb Report, 11 June 2023
• The 45-day measure to keep the government open dropped additional military aid to Ukraine, and supporters of such aid will be hard-pressed to resume the flow through the next spending measures.
  — Jonathan Weisman, New York Times, 6 Oct. 2023
• Any judge who encounters him in court––in New York or beyond––will be hard-pressed to prevent the former President from issuing threats of violence.
  — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2023
• If the court rules against the debt relief plan in its current form, the administration will be hard-pressed to revive it before the Covid-19 national emergency is scheduled to end in May.
  — Matt Ford, The New Republic, 28 Feb. 2023
• Clubs are hard-pressed to advertise lineups without the protographers shooting in the trenches.
  — Julie Seabaugh, Los Angeles Times, 6 Nov. 2023
• Michigan schools might be particularly hard-pressed to find funding to keep buildings from falling apart.
  — Detroit Free Press, 27 Mar. 2023
• In an industry traditionally hard-pressed against time and budgets, safety comes at a price.
  — Alex Christian, WIRED, 1 Mar. 2024
• Some people might’ve been hard-pressed to believe such an astonishing amount: On average, downtown gets 14.25 inches of rain in an entire year.
  — Rong-Gong Lin Ii, Los Angeles Times, 17 Feb. 2024
• With results of that caliber, Mattel—already keen on transferring as many of its toys onto the big screen as possible—would be hard-pressed to find reasons not to make a Barbie sequel.
  — Lauren Puckett-Pope, ELLE, 21 July 2023
• However, even the most hard-core college football followers may be hard-pressed to cite qualifications for the Burlsworth Trophy.
  — Kirk Kenney, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 Oct. 2023
• As Cobol gets older, those massive organizations have been hard-pressed to find people who can update their ancient systems.
  — Ben Weiss, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2023
• Young teens have been sacrificing their education, sleep and social lives to work for some of the country’s most recognizable companies that are hard-pressed to find workers.
  — Lauren Kaori Gurley, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
• Though shooting has slowed substantially due to the writers and actors strikes, when labor disputes aren’t taking place, many producers and media companies are hard-pressed to find space.
  — Brent Lang, Variety, 29 Aug. 2023
• Families in rural areas may be particularly hard-pressed to find help caring for their children.
  — Ted Alcorn Kaiti Sullivan, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024
• The city has also been hard-pressed to alleviate neighborhood concerns over unsheltered camping.
  — Emily Goodykoontz, Anchorage Daily News, 28 July 2023

Last Updated: 27 Jun 2024