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Example sentences for "under pressure"

  • Charles Albert, a temporary regent, the Prince of Carignano, under pressure, conceded to the people a replica of the Spanish fundamental law.

  • Peary, under pressure at the Congressional investigation, was forced to admit the same.

  • Man, under pressure of circumstances, will adapt himself to most conditions of life.

  • Mr. Peary's Washington verdict was dishonest, for two members of the jury admitted a year later in Congress, under pressure, that in the Peary data there was no absolute proof.

  • These methods entail the use of acetylene under pressure, and are so analogous to limelight that I shall for convenience deal with them in the chapter devoted to that illuminant.

  • With an 'Injector' jet there is no need for the acetylene gas to be under pressure at all, and a simple generator such as described on page 12 will answer perfectly, though in practice very seldom used.

  • Soaps made by boiling fats and oils, under pressure and in vacuo, with the exact quantity of caustic soda necessary for complete combination, belong also to this class.

  • Under pressure, he admitted that he was about to fight a duel for which he had no stomach.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "under pressure" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    directly elected; middle class; moral certainty; pity thee; sore mouth; under arrest; under charge; under colour; under command; under construction; under count; under each; under heaven; under orders; under pressure; under pretence; under proper; under section; under stress; under the firm name; under water; under what; under whatever; understand something; understand things; undertake the