Ronni could be abrasive, yes, let's use the term pushy, but ultimately, as her dinner invitation indicated, a good soul. From Wordnik.com. [NY Daily News] Reference
She called pushy parenting "the real modern disease". From Wordnik.com. [Books news, reviews and author interviews | guardian.co.uk] Reference
While some colleagues remember her as "bubbly," others called her pushy and self-aggrandizing. From Wordnik.com. [Clinton And The Intern] Reference
I have to tell you, when I went to Congress, my mother was a little bit pushy, which is how I got to where I am today. From Wordnik.com. [Melinda Katz: My Conversation with Geraldine Ferraro] Reference
Thank goodness the LA FPI is going to be "pushy" on our behalves. From Wordnik.com. [Ellen Snortland: One Step Forward, Two Steps Sideways] Reference
Women who are "pushy" may suffer a social cost for their behavior. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-03-01] Reference
Oh yeah, someone doesn't like Aguilar because he's "pushy" and lives in Alhambra. From Wordnik.com. [Charter School Appoints New Principal] Reference
He reminds many people of the kind of pushy stage fathers who seem to populate tennis. From Wordnik.com. [Tiger By The Tail] Reference
But remember the Mail of 2007, when Kate's "pushy" mum, Carole, was "left devastated". From Wordnik.com. [Memo to the Mail ? the Middletons are from Middle England too] Reference
Ana Wakefield, after all, seemed to be the kind of pushy female who might well do that. From Wordnik.com. [A Darker Place]
Someone explain to me how you become a director, for instance, without being "pushy" or "bossy.". From Wordnik.com. [Ellen Snortland: One Step Forward, Two Steps Sideways] Reference
He had been called everything from lazy, ill natured and a loudmouth to 'pushy' and egotistical. From Wordnik.com. [Spoor of the Antis]
Another reporter remarked that the crowd was rather "pushy" for a benefit — "like a bunch of linebackers.". From Wordnik.com. [Liam McMullan on Page Six Mag: 'They Dilute My Snark ... But That's Okay'] Reference
In Germany, the leftish Der Spiegel calls Mr. Wilders "pushy" and accuses him of making "hate-filled tirades.". From Wordnik.com. [Geert Wilders Is a Test for Western Civilization] Reference
Ms. Haug, who wrote an accompanying editorial in this week's JAMA, called Merck's marketing for Gardasil "pushy" and "disturbing.". From Wordnik.com. [Merck's Gardasil Has Higher Rates of Fainting, Clots] Reference
Home of the much hated 'pushy' English middle class aka mostly Tory voters and the tax payers who pay for the rest of the country. From Wordnik.com. [More lanes for New Labour Ministers] Reference
The store can be kind of pushy though, especially for people who–erm, don't purchase their music through iTunes, but have an iPod. From Wordnik.com. [iTunes Store (finally) debuts movies in Canada | Sync Blog] Reference
Natalie got increasingly "pushy", says the customer. From Wordnik.com. [The News is NowPublic.com - NowPublic.com: The News is Now Public] Reference
I'm a bit "pushy" ... but nice pushy ... a joking sort. From Wordnik.com. [Answerbag: Latest Questions in Question Categories] Reference
Unfair might not be the word I would use but 'pushy' might be. From Wordnik.com. [WordPress.com News] Reference
Liam Byrne says not only the "pushy" middle class should benefit. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference
Flaherty was unapologetic for his "pushy" performance before senators. From Wordnik.com. [Thestar.com - Home Page] Reference
Siri, the iPhone personal assistant, gets "pushy" with its latest update. From Wordnik.com. [The Next Web] Reference
Cotesad: Where did you get the presumption that all insurance are "pushy". From Wordnik.com. [Lead Stories from AOL] Reference
Professionals hate their judgment being questioned, they hate "pushy" mums like me. From Wordnik.com. [Latest news from the public and voluntary sectors, including health, children, local government and social care, plus SocietyGuardian jobs | guardian.co.uk] Reference
But I think it also has to do with the simple fact that some men (not all) are a bit "pushy". From Wordnik.com. [AfterEllen.com - Because visibility matters] Reference
The way that I was asked about employing him was kind of pushy, like he expected to be a shoe in. From Wordnik.com. [NASIOC] Reference
Another reporter remarked that the crowd was rather "pushy" for a benefit - "like a bunch of linebackers.". From Wordnik.com. [Home | The New York Observer] Reference
Denise Lewis was described as a "lovely looking runner" while Zola Budd was labelled as potentially a bit "pushy". From Wordnik.com. [EDP24 News] Reference
That's where I got the reputation of being a rather pushy female. From Wordnik.com. [My Yesterdays On 'Today'] Reference
But the good news is that the film doesn't feel pushy and overproduced. From Wordnik.com. [He's Got The World On A String] Reference
Not once am I accosted by a pushy street person asking, "Buddy, can you spare a blip?". From Wordnik.com. [Using Bytes To Buy Butter And Beer] Reference
Or unless you didn't push the little pushy things all the way through those weird cards. From Wordnik.com. [Election 2000: The Final Exam] Reference
But he was extraordinarily modest — he didn't have that pushy, self-important thing going. From Wordnik.com. [Sydney Pollack, 73, Filmmaker, Actor] Reference
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