Which preposition to use with press
As to the necessity for labour, which is ever pressing on the inhabitants of cold countries, it is this consequent and incessant activity which gives health to their bodies, and cheerful vigour to their minds; since, without such exercise, man would have been ever a prey to disease and discontent.
Sometimes when there was a great press of work his "signatures" kept him two hours.
He would then go to the hospital, College of Physicians, or some consultation; he had often after that to go to see someone at a distance, but he never worried a patient by seeming in a hurry, however much pressed for time.
I pressed against the wall horrified, fascinated, unable either to interfere or to leave.
Cover with the top crust; press in the edges with a beaten egg, and rub the top with butter.
The tears had dried on Mrs. Kaufman's cheeks, only her throat continuing to throb and her hand at regular intervals patting the young shoulder pressed to her.
17.Italian Roast Beef. Cut several deep incisions in the upper round of beef and press into them lardoons of salt pork.
She did, though, pressing with her two hands to her left side as she waited.
"Education," says Miss Blow, a veteran Froebelian, "is a series of responses to indicated needs," and undoubtedly the need for stories is as pressing as the need to explore, to experiment and to construct.
An inclination to cry pressed at her eyeballs.
Cook 2 cups of white dried beans with salt and pepper until very soft; press through a colander.
"Among the relatives who pressed around the funeral pile, I saw Balty Mahu; and indignation for a moment got the better of grief.
I feel I hardly feel enough for him; my own calamities press about me, and involve me in a thick integument not to be reached at by other folks' misfortunes.
Curiously enough a precisely similar story turned up in Hungary in 1907 and was telegraphed to the London press from Budapest.
No book, however, has yet been discovered bearing the name of Gutenberg; and we can only guess what came from his press by a peculiarity of type, of which, after the first Bible, the most marked is the famous Catholicon, dated 1460a kind of universal dictionary, the germ of all future cyclopaedias, and which became so popular that more than forty editions were printed of it in as many years.
Put all into a press under a heavy weight for one hour; then cut into perpendicular slices and serve. 15.Spanish Dessert.
Instantly men pressed between, hard-jawed men who meant business.
This made a huge gap in the Persian array, and into this space Alexander instantly charged with his guard and all the cavalry of his wing; and then, pressing toward his left, he soon began to make havoc in the left flank of the Persian centre.
Like Paul, he is 'pressing towards the mark.'
M'Kenzie, of the forlorn hope, followed; and a crowd of voltigeurs and infantry, shouting and cheering, pressed after him, and swept down upon the garrison with the bayonet.
The difference arose partly from the change of times, the first edition having been written and sent to press before the French Revolution of 1848, after which the public mind became more open to the reception of novelties in opinion, and doctrines appeared moderate which would have been thought very startling a short time before.
He lay back in his chair, his hands pressed over his eyes.
No one spoke a word as they marched in humble procession into the living-room, their feet pressing without sound into the thick rugs.
She jumped downfor people were pressing behind herand moved on, scanning the face of every gentleman she saw with anxious eyes.
She said, "If he whom I saw to-day will give me his blessing, I will go" and they all pressed round her, weeping and kissing her hands.