How to Use "Press" with Example Sentences

press (n): newspapers or magazines; a machine for printing newspapers or magazines

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Used with verbs:

"The press is censored by the government."
(be + censored, be + controlled, be + regulated)

"Did you alert the press?"
(alert, tell, meet)

"The press covered the incident all day."
(covered, reported on, mentioned)

"That actor gets a lot of bad press."
(gets, has, receives)

"The newspaper goes to press in the early morning."
(goes to)

Used with nouns:

"Did you see the press release?"
(release, statement)

"He spoke at the press conference."
(conference, briefing)

"There has been a lot of press coverage."
(coverage)

"The press report was short."
(report)

"He invited the press corps."
(corps, agency, reporter)

Used with adjectives:

"This country has free press."
(free)

"The foreign press covered the incident."
(foreign, local, national, international, mainstream)

"The printing press was a great invention."
(printing)

Used with prepositions:

"I read about him in the press."
(in)

press (v): to push; to persuade; to iron

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Used with nouns:

"I pressed his shirts."
(shirts, pants)

"He pressed the button."
(button, buzzer, doorbell, intercom)

"Don't press your luck."
(luck)

Used with adverbs:

"They were pressed closely together."
(closely, close)

"She pressed her hands gently on his shoulder."
(gently, lightly, softly)

"You have to press the doorbell hard."
(hard, firmly)

"Press down on the gas pedal."
(down)

"He pressed his hands together."
(together)

"She neatly pressed his shirts."
(neatly)

Used with prepositions:

"She pressed for another try."
(for)

"He pressed his body against the door."
(against, on)

"She pressed her hands into the wet clay."
(into)