Example Sentences

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“I played on a line with him, and you were squeezing your stick,” Frans Nielsen said.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 2, 2024

Monica Ochoa, president of the Chamber of Commerce in Urena, a town bordering Colombia, said rising costs were squeezing businesses.

From Reuters • May 15, 2023

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

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

She felt as though the walls were squeezing in on her; she looked around wildly for some way to escape.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson