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Meanings of hard-pressed in English
Facing or experiencing financial trouble or difficulty.
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Examples for "distressed"
Examples for "distressed"
1
Fifty-four percent expect an increase in distressed mergers and acquisitions this year.
2
This, in the abstract, was gratifying; but in practice it distressed her.
3
Macquarie has used the previous market declines to buy up distressed assets.
4
He often is that way when he has been distressed, she said.
5
They remained distressed, however, at the lack of word from the group.
1
We was hard put to it to save the wessel and ourselves.
2
Those who don't use it are hard put to comprehend its attraction.
3
Arthas was hard put not to let out a whoop of excitement.
4
They were being hard put to it to run trains at all.
5
Felix, I thought, would be hard put to it to beat it.
1
This time you have made a good thing in a bad way.
2
Not strange in a bad way, no; strange in a weird way.
3
He was in hospital and therefore must be in a bad way.
4
Buttercup was in a bad way; there was no doubt of it.
5
Dunstall and Russell says it's left the game in a bad way.
Usage of hard-pressed in English
1
The reality will be yet another bitter pill for hard-pressed Irish taxpayers.
2
Lower rates would boost disposable income and offer hard-pressed consumers some relief.
3
I think you would be hard-pressed to question my credibility flying experience-wise.
4
Don't think that Minister McCreevy has totally abandoned the hard-pressed home buyers.
5
Some feel he may be hard-pressed to manage that in any case.
6
They would each be hard-pressed to drain a forcible every five minutes.
7
The road grew bumpier and Alec was hard-pressed to keep his balance.
8
The hard-pressed man could scarcely disguise the relief which these words brought.
9
They'd be hard-pressed to notice bullets, much less feel threatened by them.
10
At last we got within a hundred yards of the hard-pressed herd.
11
She'd be hard-pressed to find a better one anywhere in the world.
12
Even a Runelord in armor would be hard-pressed to climb their sides.
13
Well, he would be hard-pressed to pass himself off as a Sullivan.
14
Catelyn would have been hard-pressed to say which man was more unsuitable.
15
We are hard-pressed to find mischief for our idle hands to do.
16
Bigot burst into a wild laugh, as was his wont when hard-pressed.