high-pressure
Example Sentences
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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
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
Fracking involves injecting high-pressure liquid between layers of rock to force open fissures and release any oil and natural gas stored there.
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
"There are eight good teams so it will be a tough stage and all matches will be high-pressure games," said Shadab.
From Barron's • Feb. 18, 2026
News of Savery’s engine reached the landgrave of Hesse, and Papin was put to work devising a high-pressure steam pump.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
