How to Use pushy in a Sentence

pushy

adjective
  • My dad was never pushy about this at all.
    — Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 15 Apr. 2026
  • When your help is declined, don’t be pushy.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 6 Dec. 2025
  • Too many reminders can come across as pushy and hurt your chances.
    — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Better to be your true self than play a role that requires you to get pushy.
    — SFChronicle.com, 19 Feb. 2020
  • Don’t be pushy with your favorite machines.
    — Jenny McCoy, Outside, 2 Jan. 2026
  • If the agent seems pushy or tries to keep you on the phone, that’s cause for suspicion.
    — Tatum Hunter, Washington Post, 28 Oct. 2022
  • There was no pushy salesperson on the other side.
    — John Hall, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
  • This will help you to learn what’s going on in her life without being too pushy.
    — Harriette Cole, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
  • That means the snow melt was coming down in a pushy trickle, rather than a deluge.
    — Jason Blevins, The Denver Post, 19 May 2017
  • One tactic to avoid when writing sales copy for the end of the year is being too pushy.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Others are quick to be pushy, even bullying.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 28 May 2026
  • This woman was a pushy lady who once called my father a loser.
    — Annie Lane, oregonlive, 26 Jan. 2023
  • But pushy people also make things happen.
    — Carla Meyer, Houston Chronicle, 19 Mar. 2026
  • If the lending party is pushy or aggressive, that can be a red flag.
    — USA Today, 21 Dec. 2022
  • If your friend is pushy enough to inquire, thank her for providing the list — and leave it at that.
    — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2020
  • Salespeople get a bad rap in the world for being pushy and forceful.
    — Gaurav Kumar, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Many don’t know how to do it and many more are simply too afraid to ask for fear of appearing pushy.
    — Expert Panel, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • Be patient and talk things out without being overly pushy in the week ahead.
    — Jeraldine Saunders, The Mercury News, 16 Apr. 2017
  • Because so many people are pushy and aggressive, this might be tough to do.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 28 May 2026
  • For example, the friend side is loath to be pushy with exact facts and figures.
    — Hannah Edgar, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2022
  • Some birds are pushy when going after grub, while others lurk around the sidelines.
    — Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2020
  • Is Lorraine his mother, an angel, a pushy stranger, or none of the above?
    — Alan Sepinwall, Rolling Stone, 6 May 2022
  • First off, your friends are being too pushy, which isn’t a great way to get people to want to invite you places.
    — Eric Thomas, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Aug. 2025
  • His bosses — that would be the team owners — can be more pushy as far as getting people in the stands.
    — Barry Wilner, Star Tribune, 3 May 2021
  • Fanny is pushy and bold and unapologetic about wanting to be a star.
    — Naveen Kumar, Town & Country, 12 July 2022
  • When the movement stopped, the log was on the ground, the pushy branch inches above my chest and the chainsaw still in my hand.
    — Debbi Snook, cleveland.com, 12 Aug. 2017
  • Give me a list geared to the menu and have a beverage director who is helpful rather than pushy.
    — John Mariani, Forbes, 2 Sep. 2021
  • After all, the year’s end is about reflection and what’s to come—not pushy, in-your-face selling.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2023
  • And not in the usual way, not by being showy or pushy or big-footing her way into something.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 May 2026
  • Master the follow-up game without being pushy.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025

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