squeeze

Definition:
1. The act of gripping and pressing firmly.
2. A state in which there is a short supply of cash to lend to businesses and consumers and interest rates are high.
3. A situation in which increased costs cannot be passed on to the customer.
4. (slang) a person's girlfriend or boyfriend.

Use 'squeeze' in a sentence:

1. Who's his main squeeze?
2. The government will squeeze the economy into a severe recession to force inflation down.
3. The priest's eyes were squeezed shut against the light.
4. Sponges squeeze easily.
5. The question now was, if he could squeeze himself through the grating, for he had never tried before.
6. We lived precariously. I suppose I wanted to squeeze as much pleasure from each day as I possibly could.
7. The company intends to squeeze further savings from its suppliers.
8. The squeeze casting technical development is summarized in this paper.
9. Jack showed off his latest squeeze at the weekend.
10. If you keep your eyes squeezed shut, you'll miss the show.
11. A squeeze of fresh lime juice cuts the richness of the avocado.
12. I wish you wouldn't squeeze so.
13. We managed to squeeze a lot into a week.
14. If you like, a squeeze of fresh lemon juice on the bananas will prevent them turning brown.
15. We're really feeling the squeeze since I lost my job.
16. I really cannot squeeze myself through!
17. Who's his main squeeze ?
18. Yogman also worries about the pressures that squeeze playtime for more affluent kids.
19. If you have long hair, you should squeeze the extra water from your hair with a towel.
20. It was a squeeze in the car with five of them.
21. He gave my hand a little squeeze.
22. A squeeze of fresh lemon juice on the bananas will prevent them turning brown.
23. The orange looks dry, but you may be able to squeeze out a few drops.
24. We managed to squeeze six people into the car.
25. I squeeze carefully through the crowd.
26. Grilled trout needs only a squeeze of lemon.
27. Many Americans treat lunch not as a break but as just another task to squeeze into an already over-booked day.
28. The lift holds six people at a squeeze.
29. Could he not squeeze under the seat of a carriage?
30. The focus is on individuals, tweaking performances to squeeze an extra hundredth of a second here, an extra millimetre there.
31. I liked her way of reassuring you with a squeeze of the hand.
32. We want an estimate of the proportion of oil which the blindfold, mill-turning, unbiased critic can squeeze out of you.
33. Use squeeze bottles for the mustard and mayo so the bread does not get soggy.
34. There'll be enough room if we all squeeze up a little.
35. At the end of the day, if you move this metal thing aside with your fingers, don't squeeze it too hard.
36. If you come this afternoon the doctor will try to squeeze you in.
37. Give the tube another squeeze.
38. Just take hold of the tube and squeeze.
39. She felt as if every drop of emotion had been squeezed from her.
40. With six of us in the car it was a tight squeeze.
41. It was a tight squeeze but we finally got everything into the case.
42. But there is enough there to squeeze or infer some facts about their social class.
43. Defense experts say joint projects are increasingly squeezed by budget pressures.
44. Squeeze the juice of half a lemon over the fish.
45. Supermarkets are squeezing out small shops.
46. Dip the bread briefly in water, then squeeze it dry.
47. I sat squeezed up against the wall.
48. The dog squeezed under the gate and ran into the road.
49. He took off his wet clothes and squeezed the water out.
50. High interest rates have squeezed the industry hard.
51. If you move forward a little, I can squeeze past.
52. Seven people in the car was a bit of a squeeze.
53. I reached across the table and squeezed his hand.