1 The army was pressed into service to fight the fires.

2 Her whole family were pressed into service when the shop was busy.

3 Every type of boat was pressed into service to rescue passengers from the sinking ferry.

4 Old buses were pressed into service as emergency housing for the refugees.

5 Vehicles of various kinds were pressed into service.

6 Bees, flies, birds, lemurs and tree kangaroos are all pressed into service.

7 Sometimes, complete new pieces of biochemical equipment evolve, but more often workaday genes are pressed into service.

8 Every bit of board and rusty sheet of metal had to be pressed into service.