Gordon was known to be hard pressed, and the object should have been for the expedition for his rescue to arrive at its destination with as little delay as possible.
As already related, when the Camel Corps were so hard pressed, one of the vessels was able, by dropping down stream, to turn back a large body of Dervishes coming round Kerreri Hill.
When he is hard pressed for a peso or two he strips a few petioles, leaving them for days exposed to the rain and atmosphere to soften and render easier the drawing of the fibre, in which putrefaction has commenced.
He was so hard pressed in Panay alone that, even if he had had ample means of transport, he could neither divide his forces nor afford to spend time in carrying them from one island to another.
Spain was so hard pressed by Cuban affairs that the majority of these last levies were mere boys, ignorant of the use of arms, ill clad, badly fed, and with months of pay in arrear.
The Spaniards, hard pressed on all sides, seemed determined to make their last stand in the old citadel.
His successor Probus took, as was already stated, the remains of the Bastarnae, hard pressed by the Goths, over to the Roman bank, just as Diocletian in the year 295 took the remnant of the Carpi.
Hard pressed by numbers, the chief was nearly overpowered, when the young leader we have spoken of, saw his peril, and galloped to his rescue.
He afterwards undertook the siege in form, and Noailles marched to its relief; but he was so hard pressedby the Spaniards that he withdrew the garrison, dismantled the place, and retreated with great precipitation.
His Britannic majesty was apprehensive, that, should the emperor be hard pressed on that subject, he might join the czar and the king of Sweden, and promote their designs in favour of the duke of Holstein.
They were, however, hard pressed, and had signalled that they were running out of cartridges.
Until, hard pressedby Hennings and by Truchsz-- [He pauses.
But they'll be hard pressedto see much beyond the bay here.
If they were to start something, say in the hills up in mid-island, we'd be hard pressed to stop them from slaughtering who they wished with those cane knives they use.
In the battle the Athenian centre was hard pressed, as the Persians resisted longest in that part of their line which was opposed to the tribes Leontis and Antiochis.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "hard pressed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
