How to Use pushy in a Sentence

pushy

adjective

• If the agent seems pushy or tries to keep you on the phone, that’s cause for suspicion.
  — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
• When the movement stopped, the log was on the ground, the pushy branch inches above my chest and the chainsaw still in my hand.
  — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 12 Aug. 2017
• Of course, Jobs was known for being pushy...to put it mildly.
  — John Hall, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
• Better to be your true self than play a role that requires you to get pushy.
  — SFChronicle.com, 19 Feb. 2020
• One tactic to avoid when writing sales copy for the end of the year is being too pushy.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
• That means the snow melt was coming down in a pushy trickle, rather than a deluge.
  — Jason Blevins, The Denver Post, 19 May 2017
• Is Lorraine his mother, an angel, a pushy stranger, or none of the above?
  — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2022
• If your friend is pushy enough to inquire, thank her for providing the list — and leave it at that.
  — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2020
• No selfie sticks, no pushy crowds, not even a chatty guide.
  — Jenna Scatena, Condé Nast Traveler, 30 June 2020
• Photos of De Laurentiis dot the walls, of course, but not in a pushy, look-at-me way.
  — Tim Smith, baltimoresun.com, 28 June 2018
• Salespeople get a bad rap in the world for being pushy and forceful.
  — Gaurav Kumar, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
• Many don’t know how to do it and many more are simply too afraid to ask for fear of appearing pushy.
  — Expert Panel, Forbes, 21 June 2021
• This will help you to learn what’s going on in her life without being too pushy.
  — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
• For example, the friend side is loath to be pushy with exact facts and figures.
  — Hannah Edgar, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
• His bosses — that would be the team owners — can be more pushy as far as getting people in the stands.
  — Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 3 May 2021
• For all the pushy tennis parents, Kristie Ahn’s folks are downright pull-y.
  — Jon Wertheim, SI.com, 8 Sep. 2019
• After all, the year’s end is about reflection and what’s to come—not pushy, in-your-face selling.
  — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
• A partner may be pushy, but his or her passions fuel a plan.
  — Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 23 Feb. 2017
• So remember to check your junk mail. ► Be a little pushy.
  — Christopher Elliott, USA TODAY, 12 Nov. 2022
• Be patient and talk things out without being overly pushy in the week ahead.
  — Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2017
• If the lending party is pushy or aggressive, that can be a red flag.
  — USA Today, 21 Dec. 2022
• Give me a list geared to the menu and have a beverage director who is helpful rather than pushy.
  — John Mariani, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
• At checkout, the staff was so kind, friendly, and wasn’t pushy at all about purchasing a package.
  — cleveland, 16 Jan. 2020
• Indeed, Grinvald pointed me to the fact that at the core of Netflix’s letter are some pushy phrasings.
  — Joe Pinsker, The Atlantic, 21 Sep. 2017
• Some birds are pushy when going after grub, while others lurk around the sidelines.
  — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2020
• This woman was a pushy lady who once called my father a loser.
  — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
• Fanny is pushy and bold and unapologetic about wanting to be a star.
  — Naveen Kumar, Town & Country, 12 July 2022
• Sign-up Granted, the relative size of the two companies has a bearing on how pushy the activist can be.
  — Carol Ryan, WSJ, 30 Nov. 2018
• Avoid point-of-purchase sales and salespeople who are pushy and eager to take advantage of you.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 14 Aug. 2019
• Safdie stars as their pushy TV producer, who urges Asher to give money to a young girl on camera.
  — Devan Coggan, EW.com, 12 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 4 Aug 2024