(1) Their aim is to score a pushover try by forcing the opposition back inch by inch, until at last Ed Miliband cracks.
(2) Palace had started the day in second place and with Cabaye imperious and James McArthur just as impressive at the Frenchman’s side they are no longer pushovers.
(3) That is more than West Ham dare hope for, since for a Sam Allardyce side the visitors were pallid here, almost as much of a pushover as the Blackburn rabble that went down 7-1 three years ago at Old Trafford in a result that altered the course of events at Ewood and ultimately Upton Park.
(4) Wily and smart, she is more than a match for the suitors who attempt to claim her in his absence; and she is no pushover, either, when Odysseus finally turns up.
(5) That is not to suggest that Baker, 55, will prove a pushover for Jeremy Hunt.
(6) There will be loyalty, but they will not be pushovers: conservatism is not known to attract those with a collectivist mindset.
(7) "I'm not going to be a pushover for the City," he stressed.
(8) But Neuberger would be no pushover as president of the supreme court.
(9) It is also important to remember that, even if all things were equal, Mugabe would be no electoral pushover.
(10) The man who coached Costa Rica to a shock 1-0 win over Scotland in 1990 that helped them qualify from their World Cup group has warned England the Central American side will be no pushovers next summer.
(11) In the event, she showed herself (and her whips) to be a pushover for just 18 backbenchers with a lobby or a grievance.
(12) We've read all the research and we don't want strict routines, but we don't want to be a deranged pushover either.
(13) No one in the industry who knows Campbell will tell you she is a pussycat or a pushover, but many speak highly of her loyalty, her commitment to causes she believes in.
(14) Eight weeks later, Patterson was back in the ring for another seemingly routine defence against the unknown Johansson, whose smiling demeanour and playboy reputation suggested he would prove a mere pushover.
(15) Though she wouldn't be the first choice to play a pushover, or indeed any character to whom smiling comes naturally, in real life Jones is warm and witty.
(16) Everyone is talking about Denver in week 11 as the first real test of Kansas City’s mettle, but the Bills are no pushovers.
(17) Despite haphazard preparations that involved a dearth of friendlies and financial constraints, Iran will be no pushovers.
(18) For a while, it looked as if it would be a pushover.
(19) People should not make the mistake of thinking him a pushover, however, as Matt Rogers, a Chu appointee at the energy department, has made clear: "He is a kind man; he is a nice man.
(20) Sampson was given privileged access, but he was no pushover.
Wuss
Definition:
Example Sentences:
(1) WE’RE MEANT TO BE ON WUSS ISLAND,” I yell, stumbling and covering my head and waving my arms at the same time to ward it off.
(2) And we wanted to make this clear, that we had tried to talk to Kembrah Pfahler, the woman behind the band in question, in case you assumed we were a bunch of wusses who couldn't quite stomach engaging in conversation with this force of nature, this fearsome creature of the night.
(3) Any man who looks after his children is seen as a wuss – and not career compatible.
(4) From this moment on MQ and I point to the walking birds and the impotent spiders we spot on our hikes and yell “WUSS ISLAND!” as we pass.
(5) Cameron: "Let them eat stag's liver" … Osborne: More than you did, you big, fat wuss.
(6) Sorry: not sorry The president says sorry surprisingly often, but uses it only in the passive-aggressive sense of “I’m not sorry at all, but I’m saying sorry in order to imply that you’re such a wuss that the facts hurt your feelings, you idiot.” Thus: “Sorry, people want border security and extreme vetting.” (Not sorry.)
(7) Even some plants on the island that have thorns on the mainland do not have thorns on Wuss Island because there is nothing here to attack them.
(8) But despite being a wuss on many levels, there is one thing I’m not scared of: spiders.
(9) Now, every Trump voter sees two congenital wusses who can only win by teaming up, two loser would-be antagonists so weak that even their insults need a partnership.
(10) After the Wuss Island revelations we dine on medium rare steak (perfect) and kingfish with pigfish as the entree.
(11) "Charles Tavistock is a wuss," opines Jeanette Phillips.
(12) Before dinner we sit in on a presentation by the naturalist Ian Hutton, which leads to MQ and I rechristening Lord Howe as Wuss Island.