Example Sentences

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Squeezing redistributes this uncertainty by making one property more precise while increasing uncertainty in the other.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

Squeezing more electricity out of existing plants is called an uprate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

Squeezing out those last few percentage points of fossil fuel power will undoubtedly be the hardest, but these aren’t hugely different agendas.

From BBC • Jun. 11, 2024

In the jazzy “Gone Girl” she longs for the reliability of a committed relationship only to find the reality stifling: “I need your touch, not your scrutiny / Squeezing too tight, boy, you losing me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2022

Squeezing through the railing before either parent could stop her, she dropped lightly to the floor a few feet below, and ran toward her Robbie, arms waving and hair flying.

From "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov