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Example sentences for "squeezing"

Lexicographically close words:
squeegee; squeeze; squeezed; squeezer; squeezes; squelch; squelched; squelching; squelette; squib
  1. Why can you crack a hard nut with a nutcracker when you cannot crack it by squeezing it between two pieces of iron?

  2. You can fill a self-filling fountain pen by squeezing the bulb, then letting go.

  3. No; he did one thing, and I am really squeezing my memory here.

  4. Nor so little," she added, laughing and squeezing his hand as she turned from him.

  5. Your pink roses are the loveliest of all," she added, squeezing her friend's hand.

  6. We won't argue such a personal matter," she said, squeezing Margaret's hand.

  7. Laugh away," grumbled Waller squeezing a tube of Prussian blue on his palette.

  8. You can see at a glance, as you watch him standing by the big easel, his coat off, to give his arm freer play, squeezing the tubes of color on his palette, that he is not the boy you knew some years ago.

  9. Let it stand 8 or 9 days, squeezing the lemons well every day; then strain the water off and put it into a cask with the sugar.

  10. Make a green colouring by pounding some parsley in a mortar, and squeezing all the juice from it.

  11. When done, which may be ascertained by squeezing a piece between the thumb and finger, add a thickening of butter and flour and the lemon-juice: let the sauce boil up, and serve.

  12. I don't aim to do any squeezing into heaven, I can tell you.

  13. I should detest you if I were Max," said Nick, squeezing her affectionately with his one wiry arm.

  14. I'm going to tell him everything," she ended, squeezing his hand very tightly.

  15. Squeezing his hand as I passed, I sat down between the Signora and Mrs. Peedles.

  16. You are thirty-three round the abdomen if you are an inch: how can you expect your digestion to do its work when you're squeezing it into twenty-one?

  17. The idea of there being real milk in a baby's breast is doubtful, the squeezing of the bosom is barbarous, and the application of plasters is useless.

  18. I do not see how with his crown, or plume of feathers, he can get through those little box-doors without stooping and squeezing his artificial importance to tatters.

  19. It will be much easier than squeezing through that hole.

  20. Unc' Billy wasted no time in squeezing through a hole in the floor way over in one corner, a hole that Farmer Brown's boy had intended to nail a board over long before.

  21. With indefatigable zeal, its hands went on turning the legislative wheel and squeezing ever tighter the already unbearable vise of Jewish life.

  22. The crowd, crushing one another, upsetting carts, and shouting and squeezing desperately, had cleared off the bridge and the troops were now moving forward.

  23. Yes, you want a tamer, my boy," said Kate, squeezing his hand.

  24. She was engaged in the critical operation of squeezing the juice from her sliced cucumber, by pressing the top plate heavily down on the bottom one, when the author gave so sudden and strong an exclamation that she dropped the whole concern.

  25. Whoever was holding his left arm was actually squeezing and stroking his hand.

  26. Pivoting, he walked loosely a few feet along the corridor and back, squeezing his chin in the palm of one hand.

  27. By squeezing a captured soul in their hands they discovered the place where people had been secretly buried.

  28. On receiving it he soared up into the air and flew to Rama, brandishing the box and squeezing it so hard that all the breath left the King of Ceylon's body, and he died.

  29. One of the commonest modes seems to have been strangulation, or squeezing to death.

  30. Set a very clean sieve upon a large bowl, and cut the oranges over it; first halving them, and then notching each half to let out as much juice as possible when squeezing them.

  31. Stir it well, and then put in the veil, rinsing and squeezing it up and down through the stiffening water.

  32. Having worked the veil up and down through this second suds for about ten minutes, alternately loosening it out, and squeezing it up, but not rubbing it.

  33. After the glue is entirely melted, add to it a quart of cold water; and then make it very blue by squeezing into it a large portion of indigo from the blue-bag.

  34. Afterwards spread it on a line to dry, but without any squeezing or wringing.

  35. To colour it of a beautiful pink, tie up a little alkanet in a thin muslin bag, and let it infuse in the icing after it is made, squeezing the bag occasionally.

  36. Mash the grapes, with your hand, squeezing and pressing out all the juice.

  37. As these push their well-trained horses amongst the foot-people, much elbowing and squeezing is the result.

  38. Squeezing as close as she could, she thrust her arm under the ledge until she could feel his head.

  39. The young man took out two tickets and snapped them impatiently in something; and as a fat woman was squeezing me from behind, I was glad to take what I could get and go back to Fred.

  40. The boy seemed to try to follow us, squeezing very close up to me, but the gatekeeper stopped him.

  41. It's not safe," he said, squeezing her hand.

  42. He was nervous; drank some tea and began playing with his spoon, squeezing the slice of lemon left at the bottom of the cup.

  43. Miss Bella, squeezing Marian's hand, signified to her, that staying with her would do her a great favour.

  44. It may be bad, but we'll drink to the squeezing of the rotten orange once more; if it be the last toast I drink!


  45. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "squeezing" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    compression; concentration; crush; decoction; distillation; distortion; error; expression; gloss; infusion; misapplication; misapprehension; misconception; misconstruction; misjudgment; misreading; misunderstanding; nip; perversion; pinch; press; pressing; pressure; rendering; rendition; soaking; squeeze; squeezing; tightening; torturing; tweak; twisting