pressure
Example Sentences
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If done properly, it's unlikely to cause you any harm, but Tina warns that "too much pressure can cause bruising or broken capillaries, so be gentle".
From BBC
The 22-year-old said the pressure of competing in Italy was "completely different" from performing in front of a home crowd as she did in Beijing four years ago.
From Barron's
A passionate workhorse, he averaged around one documentary every few years for a long time, and kept the industry pressure off by maintaining low production costs and having his own production company.
From Barron's
By then, he had survived the pressure of what he and his partner called a “really nervous situation.”
The company’s stock had already been pressured by investor fears that advances in artificial intelligence would hit software businesses especially hard.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
