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Example sentences for "squeezed"

Lexicographically close words:
squeals; squeamish; squeamishness; squeegee; squeeze; squeezer; squeezes; squeezing; squelch; squelched
  1. He sneezed, and immediately replaced the stopper with such a violent blow from his hand that the cork was suddenly depressed, and the prisoner, squeezed down, gave a shout of rage and pain.

  2. He accumulated bonds and mortgages; gradually squeezed his customers closer and closer: and sent them at length, dry as a sponge, from his door.

  3. I had her hand in mine, and I squeezed it while kissing it.

  4. From time to time my poor little wife squeezed my hand violently, closing her eyes, but not uttering a cry.

  5. Once, however, on ascending the steps, I had squeezed her hand on the sly.

  6. Miss Hassiebrock squeezed the hand at her waist.

  7. A long envelope lay uppermost on that desk, and she took it up slowly, blinking her eyes shut and holding them squeezed tight as if she would press back a vision, even then a tear oozing through.

  8. He hesitated, stood regarding her there in the chair, eyes squeezed closed like Iphigenia praying for death when exiled in Tauris.

  9. Davy squeezed the fat puppy so close in his arms that his beaming face was nearly hidden by the big bow of yellow ribbon.

  10. She grew weaker and weaker as the hours passed, but, opening her eyes now and then, she smiled at Molly, and squeezed her hand, and looked again from the gay stocking hanging on the foot of her bed to the shining angel atop of the tree.

  11. His head seemed to be squeezed into his shoulders by some giant hand, and his light but well-proportioned Hickory legs exhibited a striking contrast to the clumsy bulk of his huge trunk.

  12. But now, like squeezed out paint tubes and worn out brushes she may be discarded.

  13. There is no room for sprouting manhood in workrooms, in offices, in any of the places wherein only the ripe are of avail to be squeezed into the vintage of the prosperity destined to a few.

  14. Then the Tin Woodman embraced her--very gently, for he knew his tin arms might hurt her if he squeezed too roughly.

  15. The Scarecrow had fairly thrown himself upon the bosom of his old comrade, so surprised and delighted was he to see him again, and Tiktok squeezed the Tin Woodman's hand so earnestly that he dented some of his fingers.

  16. The play was beautiful, and they sat in the pit, squeezed up close together, and George fell in love with the leading lady, and Bess punched him for it, and declared that the villain of the piece had made a great impression on her.

  17. She was quite surprised to see George come up the steps two at a time, and when he caught her in his arms, and gave her a good hug that nearly squeezed the breath out of her body, she was more astonished still.

  18. She proved to him the mastery of her body, and carried him by force, since there was no other way, and squeezed him hard against a press that stood by the bed.

  19. When she squeezed him down, he got up again in spite of her, by dint of his anger and his mickle strength.

  20. She squeezed his hands till, by her strength, the blood spurted out from his nails.

  21. So Tricksey took her bag, and squeezed a drop out of it upon the heart.

  22. With some difficulty the ship was warped into a place of comparative security in the rushing drift, but it was soon thrown loose again, and severely squeezed by the rolling masses.

  23. The dancing was now in full swing, but as the space was insufficient, each couple, who every moment squeezed and pushed against one another, was obliged to tramp on the very same spot.

  24. Looking him straight in the face with her clear, piercing eyes, she squeezed as usual his cold fingers with her little soft, warm hand.

  25. But, as Hercules held on so stubbornly, and only squeezed the Old One so much the tighter at every change of shape, and really put him to no small torture, he finally thought it best to reappear in his own figure.

  26. But Hercules was no whit disheartened, and squeezed the great snake so tightly that he soon began to hiss with pain.

  27. If ever he happened to gaze for an instant at the gold-tinted clouds of sunset, he wished that they were real gold, and that they could be squeezed safely into his strong box.

  28. Thanking the Old Man of the Sea, and begging his pardon for having squeezed him so roughly, the hero resumed his journey.

  29. She squeezed Kathleen's hand as the picture of a lovely young girl in gingham dress and pink sunbonnet flashed upon the screen, and the story began.

  30. You see, after you left, I got playing with the kids and they squeezed snow down my neck and I lambasted them and we had a grand lark.

  31. She grew more expert, lost her shyness, and the ball flew back and forth until, squeezed too hard in the man's strong hand, it collapsed into a sticky mass of skin and pulp.

  32. Because he was starved and worked until all the life was squeezed out of him.

  33. She squeezed through the small door, and wriggled out on her hands and knees on to the tiles.

  34. She placed a billet in my hand; I squeezed hers in return--whispered I would send an answer when evening parade was over--and broke the seal.

  35. Give me your hand upon it, Phil,' says he, and he squeezed mine with all his feeble strength.

  36. He could not have squeezed in behind the bookcase, so he ignored the thrust.

  37. She caught the little brown-gloved hands in her own big ones and squeezed them until Veronica winced.

  38. Bob squeezed the priest's hand a third time.

  39. I squeezed my arm tight in approval, and came near choking her.

  40. Her voice sounded queer, as if it had been squeezed dry of every sort of emotion.

  41. The porter stumbled as he clambered up the steps, and squeezed through the strait path of the corridor into the slender aisle.

  42. The young couple squeezed into a seat and talked anxiously in sharp whispers.

  43. Feeling that he had safely checkmated any rashness, the porter squeezed past the dumbfounded pair, and went to change his blue blouse for the white coat of his chambermaidenly duties.

  44. He had hardly squeezed into the smoking-room when the porter and an usher almost invisible under the baggage they carried brought in a new passenger.

  45. He squeezed her hand between his biceps and his ribs and accepted the offering in a look drenched with gratitude.

  46. They reached the door marked "Women" at the same instant, and as neither would have dreamed of offering the other a courtesy, they squeezed through together in a Kilkenny jumble.

  47. He squeezed into the men's room like a whole crowd at once, and sang out, "Good morning, all!

  48. She squeezed his hand with an earlier ardor: "Now you're the old Walter Temple I used to know.

  49. He lifted a great carry-all and airily tossed it into the aisle, set the Gladstone on the lap of the infuriated Englishman, and squeezed into the seat opposite, making a sad mix-up of knees.

  50. Evil One can by no means accomplish (unless, indeed, a bare three drops squeezed from the left eye may usurp the name of tears).

  51. I hugged him with a bear's hug, and his strength was squeezed out of him.

  52. I durst not look at the figures, but, setting the light down at the foot of the ladder, squeezed through the companion-door on to the deck.

  53. I laughed and gave him my hand, which he squeezed with many contortions of face and figure; but though I laughed I don't know that I ever so much disliked and distrusted and feared the old leering rogue as at that moment.

  54. The diamonds were round her neck, squeezed in above the high collar of her morning gown.

  55. The good creature laughed heartily and squeezed my hand.


  56. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "squeezed" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    compact; compressed; concentrated; condensed; consolidated; constricted; contracted; cramped; distressed; embarrassed; impecunious; knitted; narrow; nipped; pinched; poor; puckered; pursed; reduced; short; solidified; squeezed; straitened; strangled; strangulated; strapped; unprosperous; wrinkled