were squeezing
- past progressive of squeeze.
Example Sentences
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“If you fall behind the way we were squeezing our stick at times, that’s not a good recipe.”
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 13, 2022
Fans were squeezing through fencing to try to get onto the pitch of the Juan Carmelo Zerillo stadium in La Plata.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2022
The company withdrew its fiscal 2022 net sales and core earnings forecasts, saying higher consumer prices and geopolitical uncertainty were squeezing store traffic as well as margins.
From Reuters ● Jul. 25, 2022
As their wiggle room on discounts shrank, brands wanted to make sure they were squeezing as many extra purchases as possible out of their promotion dollars.
From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2022
He seemed to be struggling against some invisible curse, as though the fog were squeezing him to death.
From "The Titan's Curse" by Rick Riordan
