How to Use the squeeze in a Sentence

the squeeze

noun
  • For many students, the juice won't be worth the squeeze.
    — Robert Farrington, Forbes, 15 Mar. 2025
  • Renters like him across the state are feeling the squeeze.
    — Claire Murashima, NPR, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The city of Anna, about a 30-minute drive north of Plano, was caught in the squeeze.
    — Dallas News, 23 Feb. 2023
  • Don’t do anything too risky — in his mind, the juice isn’t worth the squeeze.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 27 Jan. 2025
  • The juice isn't always worth the squeeze, in my opinion.
    — Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2025
  • Not worth the squeeze The Angels looked to scratch across an early run in the third inning.
    — Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2024
  • The cost of homeownership isn't worth the squeeze, some renters say.
    — Sami Sparber, Axios, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Renters across the country are feeling the squeeze of higher prices.
    — Helen Carefoot, Washington Post, 9 July 2024
  • Jake Marisnick, pinch-running for Schoop, scored on the squeeze bunt to tie the game, 1-1, in the eighth inning.
    — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 9 June 2023
  • Emphasize the squeeze at the top of each rep, pausing briefly.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 31 May 2023
  • Pause for a beat at the top, emphasizing the squeeze to your shoulder blades.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 31 July 2023
  • The first viewers to feel the squeeze from the strikes will be those who rely solely on broadcast TV.
    — Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2023
  • But in Brookline, at least one business is feeling the squeeze.
    — Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 30 Dec. 2024
  • But the skill has taken him years — and a fair share of explosive moments — to know the right time to speak up when the squeeze is on.
    — Joe Noga, cleveland, 12 July 2023
  • But as Nick knows from his own childhood of limited access to healthy food, the juice is worth the squeeze.
    — Seth Goldman, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024
  • And the American dinner table may once again feel the squeeze.
    — Frank Holmes, Forbes, 2 Dec. 2024
  • The dip in refunds and the end of certain pandemic-era relief policies is putting the squeeze on many.
    — Mark Strassmann, CBS News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • Understand the time allocation: Is the juice worth the squeeze?
    — Elissa Kelly, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
  • But the squeeze on its economy, trade and firms has yet to deliver a knockout blow.
    — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 26 Feb. 2023
  • The leads may have been cost-effective to acquire, but the juice was still never really worth the squeeze.
    — Mindful Media, New York Daily News, 26 Mar. 2024
  • What sold me was the squeeze design that fills the bowl, then drains the extra water back into the bottle, so none is wasted.
    — Nicola Fumo, Peoplemag, 23 Nov. 2023
  • Despite all the warnings of possible doom procuring old wine at auction, the juice is worth the squeeze.
    — Mike Desimone and Jeff Jenssen, Robb Report, 26 Nov. 2023
  • And the onsite ice cream shop is a godsend, stocked with all the squeeze pouches and kid snacks a young family could desire.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2024
  • And the onsite ice cream shop is a godsend, stocked with all the squeeze pouches and kid snacks a young family could desire.
    — Tribune News Service, Hartford Courant, 1 Jan. 2024
  • Even Habita! is feeling the squeeze: The group’s landlord will not renew its lease, which expires next year.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Emphasize the squeeze at the top of the rep; avoid any backwards lean or shoulder movement, keeping the focus on the biceps.
    — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 31 May 2023
  • Drugmakers are suing the government to stop the squeeze.
    — John Tozz and Nacha Cattan Bloomberg News (tns), Arkansas Online, 29 Aug. 2023
  • The concept of the squeeze bottle, as many online spectators pointed out, is not new.
    — Daysia Tolentino, NBC News, 26 Apr. 2023
  • The implication is that the harder the squeeze, the sweeter the juice—that there’s virtue in staring down the empty page, taming it, forcing it to give way to prose.
    — Christopher Beam, WIRED, 14 Sep. 2023
  • The circumstances may be adding to the squeeze wildfire victims are facing while searching for replacement housing.
    — Liam Dillon, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2025

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