press - use in sentences

Object

  • button: Press the button marked Accept to register the legend settings.
  • key: Pressing keys on the keyboard will have one of three effects.

Adjective modifier

  • tabloid: Zammo's story had to overcome a hostile reception from the tabloid press but remains the most fondly-remembered to this day.
  • regional: Back to the campaigns index Do you have a story about the regional press?
  • national: It has received a high degree of national press.
  • right-wing: He argued that being a former member of the American Communist Party made him an easy target for the right-wing press.
  • bad: Back then, traditional music had bad press in France.
  • local: Local press will have details of ticket outlets nearer the date.

Modifies a noun

  • release: Press Releases To view the latest press releases click on a title on the main page.
  • conference: Mohammed Ali was of course the master of the press conference.
  • cutting: Press cuttings Coward faked ME to evade war in The Pink Paper, 13th.
  • briefing: Peter Hain's latest speeches and press briefings come in the wake of his recent visit to the Gulf States.
  • coverage: Widespread press coverage of the Green Paper for Welfare Reform quoted a forecast increase of £ 1½ billion over the same period.
  • office: For further information please contact Isabel Jones at the New Business New Life press office on 0115 852 4717.

Adjective complement

  • OK: Choose the font of your choice and press OK.

Noun used with modifier

  • trouser: Accommodation: Air-conditioned, central heated, en-suite bath / shower, balcony, hairdryer, telephone and trouser press.
  • printing: The party Center and printing press were in Bombay.
  • bench: He's trying to open his eyelids, but he'd have better luck trying to bench press a small elephant with them.
  • cider: Attached and adjacent to the Kitchen is the old Cider Barn with the remains of the old cider press.
  • button: It will continuously check for commands from the RS232 interface and button press events.

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