Examples of 'pressed into service' in a sentence
Meaning of "pressed into service"
The phrase 'pressed into service' is used to describe the act of using someone or something for a particular purpose in an urgent or unplanned situation. It implies that the person or thing being 'pressed' was not originally intended or prepared for the task, but is being utilized due to necessity or convenience. This phrase is commonly used in situations where resources or assistance are limited
How to use "pressed into service" in a sentence
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pressed into service
She has been pressed into service.
Pressed into service.
We have two men pressed into service.
He was pressed into service as a general assignment reporter on some special occasions.
They will report or be pressed into service.
River vessels were pressed into service to provide a free alternative to overcrowded trains and buses.
Everything on wheels is being pressed into service.
We have two men pressed into service out of the Old Tolbooth in Edinburgh.
He said more helicopters were being pressed into service.
German prisoners were pressed into service unloading stores and supplies.
Every law enforcing body has been pressed into service.
Both aircraft were pressed into service in the Black Sea region.
This is the most common situation where a chute is pressed into service.
I have been pressed into service.
Everything that can be used to harass the enemy is pressed into service.
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Every conceivable material is pressed into service in making the ootheca.
The largest strikes are declared illegal and the strikers are pressed into service.
This booty was immediately pressed into service by the French force.
In every epoch the most innovative technologies of the moment have been pressed into service.
Fifteen or twenty autos have been pressed into service for the occasion.
Pressed into service the sun and the moon; each one runs its course to.
Consider yourselves pressed into service.
Belgrade Jews are pressed into service to help clear rubble in the destroyed fortress . [ music ].
I can see many of these being pressed into service.
A few were later pressed into service by the Germans and used on the Eastern Front.
Initially two buses will be pressed into service.
On April 26 he was pressed into service as a pitcher during a blowout with the Astros.
The one day the next could be pressed into service.
Being unexpectedly pressed into service as a deputy air marshal. It's not funny and me.
Both the passenger area and the cargo bay are being pressed into service today.
In this mode it was pressed into service as an anti-tank gun.
But that does not mean that I did not enjoy myself once pressed into service.
She knew I should be pressed into service as a secretary.
I understand Hermiod is not too happy about having the hyperdrive pressed into service so soon.
Can not a shuttle be pressed into service notwithstanding the review?
That I did not enjoy myself once pressed into service.
Thousands of Igbo men were pressed into service as labourers, constructing roads through the jungle.
There are multiple Survey Launches pressed into service viz.
Instead, I am pressed into service on a ship full of disease.
Every imaginable material seemed to have been pressed into service for their composition.
The C-5 was pressed into service even before the RCAF took her on strength.
Eight ambulances have also been pressed into service at the spot.
During the English Civil War many neglected castles were pressed into service.
At first, a crematorium was pressed into service to burn the notes.
As hardware became available for flight test, it was immediately pressed into service.
The former battleship HMS Centurion was pressed into service to masquerade as a battleship.
The 18 that arrived to Greece were in need of maintenance before being pressed into service.
It seems this same submarine was pressed into service to spy on Europe.
For the annexation of the Sudetenland, every flight-worthy fighter was pressed into service.
Crucially, they could be pressed into service to tackle a range of diseases.
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