How to Use push-pull in a Sentence

push-pull

adjective
  • Where there’s a real push-pull dynamic.
    — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Mar. 2026
  • But our show lives on this push-pull between Mickey and Maggie.
    — Pat Saperstein, Variety, 7 Feb. 2026
  • Shaping a chart-topping song, on the other hand, involves a buoyant push-pull.
    — Laura Regensdorf, Architectural Digest, 25 Mar. 2026
  • Users describe a similar push-pull — craving the calm cannabis brings, then feeling trapped by the fog.
    — Leah Willingham, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2025
  • Stone launches out of his stance to create pressure with various push-pull or bull-rush techniques.
    — Dane Brugler, New York Times, 16 July 2026
  • One major factor was the push-pull of Peterson’s time in the lineup.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 23 Mar. 2026
  • The push-pull effect makes the finished product arresting.
    — Alison Syrett Cleary, InStyle, 18 Jan. 2026
  • But just as the push-pull starts to grow repetitive, the show pulls out a dramatic escalation.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Thus continued the push-pull so many women face between their careers and their personal lives.
    — Rachel Burchfield, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • There's movement, emotion and a constant push-pull that can feel intoxicating at first.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Take it easy, as this push-pull could show up in your relationships, specifically where things have been out of balance for a while.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Part of the push-pull with Spoelstra had been Ware’s consistency in moments of truth.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Mar. 2026
  • But without the push-pull of switching between Grace and Leon, the game starts to drag like an overly long action movie.
    — Jay Peters, The Verge, 1 Mar. 2026
  • There’s an obvious push-pull between instinct and hesitation, so do your best to stay grounded.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Perhaps that will help blunt some of the impact from the lock-up expiration, but only time will reveal how that push-pull tension is resolved.
    — Zev Fima, CNBC, 16 June 2026
  • Coogan is very good as Brian, capturing the push-pull between ambition and ambivalence over the course of his career.
    — Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 30 Sep. 2025
  • The film examines the push-pull of attraction and rejection on a scope both intimate and global, finding the uneasy space where the two meet.
    — Katie Walsh, Twin Cities, 28 Feb. 2026
  • But the push-pull in watching these sessions — especially on Saturday — is whether the defense is that good or the offense needs that much work.
    — Brooks Kubena, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2026
  • The film examines the push-pull of attraction and rejection on a scope that’s both intimate and global, finding the uneasy space where the two meet.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
  • Advertisement That’s the complex emotional push-pull that makes Roofman work.
    — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 10 Oct. 2025
  • In addition, the system introduces push-pull harness connections across the goggles, handset, and radio.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 1 June 2026
  • This creates a push-pull dynamic where wanting more feels simultaneously necessary and unsafe.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
  • In every push and pull position, a turn can be initiated easily with an intuitive steering wheel movement without having to interrupt the push-pull movement.
    — Ben Coxworth march 14, New Atlas, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The push-pull over interest rates will continue as the main area of focus this week with a host of economic reports due out, highlighted by the August jobs data out Friday.
    — Jj Kinahan, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • In other words, the familiar Spoelstra-Ware push-pull continues, Spoelstra pushing Ware for more, or pulling his minutes.
    — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 5 Apr. 2026
  • The opposition aspect occurs when two plans are sitting directly opposite each other, creating tension and a push-pull dynamic.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 27 Apr. 2026
  • This push-pull of independence and interdependence lays the foundation for an emerging local food system that aims to be free from distant corporate conglomerates.
    — Kendra Nordin Beato, Christian Science Monitor, 9 June 2025
  • Political push-pull Other proposals fell short of goals, typically through compromise with the administration.
    — Violet Ikonomova, Freep.com, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Intimacy coordinators help navigate between the push-pull of reality and tone, which inform the choreography of an intimate moment.
    — Emily Maskell, IndieWire, 3 Apr. 2026
  • At the same time, your routines and responsibilities could demand more of your time and attention, creating a push-pull between the pleasure accessible to you and your innate preference for productivity.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026

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