Synonym: compelling, crucial, driving, urgent. Similar words: distressing, processing, impression, expression, impressive, depression, oppression, suppression. Meaning: ['presɪŋ] n. 1. the act of pressing; the exertion of pressure 2. a metal or plastic part that is made by a mechanical press. adj. compelling immediate action.
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151. Now set the back carriage to slip, by pressing the O button.
152. There were no arrests, but the attorney general is considering pressing charges against club operators.
153. This saves hours of time and greatly reduces errors caused by inaccurate key pressing.
154. Any two surfaces rubbing together produce frictional heat, such as a brake shoe pressing against a brake-drum.
155. The minister kept him waiting two hours, then two days, then remembered a pressing prior engagement.
156. The problems that beset Ptolemaic astronomy were pressing ones in the light of the need for calendar reform at the time of Copernicus.
157. And he denied Mr Major would lose all credibility by not pressing ahead with the treaty.
158. The Republican Congress controlled the money and it saw no pressing reason to spend it on any of those courses.
159. There is no challenge more pressing nor more fundamental than developing a genuinely sustainable way of life for humankind.
160. The bank and the fund are also confronted with pressing questions about their ability to deliver their promises.
161. But unsparing in his pressing of points he thought vital, and eternally urging the need for money.
162. Keep pressing 2 to cycle between the three previous deletions.
163. For a complete forward search, press Home Home up arrow to reach the first page before pressing F2.
164. Pressing the Set or Reset button should have no effect.
165. There is a pressing case for the nuclear nations to deny fissile materials to would be customers.
166. You can delete and insert spaces created by pressing the spacebar in the same way that you delete and insert other characters.
167. Not close and overgrown, crowded with foliage, not leafy limbs pressing in on you as you drove through.
168. And more and more the fast-approaching deadline of the next dummy edition was pressing on his mind.
169. Place a sheet of copper or pewter, pressing quite hard, so that you indent it. Sentencedict.com
170. I've got the whole weight of the whole earth pressing in on this little box.
171. You can do this quite simply by lifting the forelimbs together and gently pressing down on the top of the shoulders.
172. When pressing freesias you can use almost all the flower, as well as some of the stem.
173. He was pressing hard on the button and standing patiently for the door to open.
174. The grass looked like an old worn carpet, faded and ragged; the horizon was pressing against the cliff.
175. If you have a push button phone, you can choose your reading by pressing any number from 1-78.
176. When the war ended, the most pressing need was to provide food and fuel.
177. The task is difficult, and moreover, time is pressing.
178. " No, " he said, nodding, his tongue pressing against his cheek.
179. They are pressing the Chancellor to reduce excise duty on beer.
180. Ceramic elements are made by pressing and sintering finely powdered material s.
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