push
verb (used with object)
to press upon or against (a person or thing).
was pushing
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past progressiveof push.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Beyond financing concerns, she also lamented the "serious pushback on human rights" for those with HIV, which was "pushing people underground" and away from receiving testing, prevention and treatment.
From Barron's ● Jul. 21, 2026
The two men are believed to have met in Philadelphia in the late spring of 1775, when Adams was pushing his fellow delegates to the Second Continental Congress to declare independence from Great Britain.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026
The group had previously convened in London in December, at a time when the US was pushing hard for Moscow and Kyiv to sign up quickly to a plan to end the war in Ukraine.
From BBC ● Jun. 7, 2026
Glover particularly misses those test pilot days, when he was pushing the limits of the F/A-18 Hornet and Super Hornet in China Lake while completing a master’s degree on the side.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 20, 2026
He had swum to the raft, put his head against it and was pushing it forward with heavy thrusts of his back legs.
From "Watership Down: A Novel" by Richard Adams
