high-pressure
Example Sentences
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The stress of our high-pressure careers has left both my wife and me completely miserable.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
Plan something around a shared interest, like soccer or baseball, where they’re enjoying the sport together and they don’t have to sit and talk in a high-pressure way — they can just have fun.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026
His high-pressure defense pushed the Huskers to a 26-6 record.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
He presented the vast military buildup in the Persian Gulf as a high-pressure negotiating tactic in the short-lived bargaining sessions over Iran’s nuclear enrichment.
From Salon • Mar. 18, 2026
But there was an alternative to constructing some sort of high-pressure mechanism.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
