| 单词 | pressure |
| 例句 | The nose of the raft made it, carried over by the pressure ridge, hung for a second, then dropped, plummeted down. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z The businessman was in worse shape: he had no shoes; one foot was covered in blood; he couldn’t put pressure on his ankle and held onto the cop’s shoulder like a crutch. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z “Tobias, wait—” I walk out, and some of the pressure inside me releases as soon as I’m not in that room anymore. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z The barometer displayed the pressure of the air on the skin. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Acting together, these German people created enough public pressure for Hitler to reconsider. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z “I plan on using the pressure in the fire extinguisher to propel us from the school like a jetpack. How about you test it first?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I’m feeling this weird pressure to be extra jolly and talkative. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z How do the atmospheric pressure and the appearance of the landscape change with the seasons? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z They showed up for rehearsals on time, had a sense of discipline and teamwork, and were not likely to wilt under pressure. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z In the interior of Jupiter, where the pressures are about three million times the atmospheric pressure at the surface of the Earth, there is almost nothing but a great dark sloshing ocean of metallic hydrogen. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But even when it came to talks of dating or future spouses, my sister and I were never pressured to marry someone Iranian. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z There were a few sounds from the audience, but they seemed to be holding themselves in against tremendous pressure. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z I go up the stairs, my face, distant and white and distorted, framed in the hall mirror, which bulges outward like an eye under pressure. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Now that I was going to wear red, white, and blue in competitions, I felt even more pressure to elevate my skills and become the best fencer I could. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The pressure to plead guilty to crimes has increased exponentially since the advent of the War on Drugs. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z She knew the intolerable pressure he was under during the season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This would force Hitler to fight on two fronts, taking pressure off the Soviets. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Customs, culture, ideas about right and wrong all fall away under the pressure to increase production and get a higher return on investment. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Come on, Truth or Dare,” Summer pressured her. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z My crush on Matt grew until I could not take the pressure that whirred inside me every time I saw him in algebra. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z This was negative air pressure, designed to keep hot agents from drifting outward. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m not sure when I last felt this kind of pressure. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z “We trained with padded sticks so no one got hurt—purely ceremonial. It was all about pressure points and energy flow. I’ll show you, one of these days.” Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z My mother began beating my chest vigorously while applying pressure to the area below it. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z There are a lot of ways I could lose pressure in this mechanical abomination I've created, and I don't want all my water to boil off if that happens. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I thanked the assembled nations for exerting pressure on South Africa, citing in particular Ghana, Nigeria, and Tanganyika, who spearheaded the successful drive to oust South Africa from the British Commonwealth. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “As handsome as I am, I got all kinds of pressure on me to get married. ” Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Guys can just tell things about other guys with the pressure of a handshake. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z Walter wasn’t the only one who was facing new financial pressures. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z “Just our last few hours left on this planet to die without any regrets. Again, no pressure.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z At three o’clock, however, the manager of the concession, G. F. Morgan, checked his instruments and noted a sudden decline in barometric pressure, evidence that a storm was forming. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I was used to that sort of pressure by now. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Trust among friends was poisoned by constant competition for food and pressure to snitch. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z “I noticed them. There’s not enough pressure in the pipes for the water to come out of the firedemons’ hoses.” Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z Nixon increased the pressure on the Communists by expanding the Cambodian air strikes into Operation Menu, a staggering series of heavy, repeated carpet-bombings. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z Bowing to the pressure, President Wilson ordered their release. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z Now there were shadows on the boxes and the pressure of a hand squirting oil from a can. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z He puts a hand on my shoulder, then runs his fingers under my throat, applying just the slightest pressure. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a way to turn those who hated him into good, loyal believers again, to get all this incomprehensible pressure off him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z "Do we have any information on the state of the rover pressure vessel?" The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Then I remembered something about pressure causing muscular tension which increases the pressure, etc., so that the first step is to relax the muscles. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt no pressure to perform, so I usually did fine. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z But by pouring more mercury into the long arm of the tube, the pressure could be increased, forcing the air in the short arm to contract. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z Can she still feel the pressure of his hand against the webbing between her fingers as he can feel hers? All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I ministered to their needs, making sure that there was enough sea water inside each and that the cones and chambers were inflated to just the right pressure. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z There’s a doctor beside his bed, checking his blood pressure and stuff, and as we enter, she turns to us and smiles. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z As coal pressured into pearls by our weighty existence. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z The peculiar pressure that it exerted on human beings between the Neolithic Age and the early twentieth century has disappeared and has been replaced by something quite different. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z When the pressure was off and the score wasn’t close, it was hard to find a better quarterback. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Mama’s blood pressure had risen dangerously after Patria’s breakdown on the front lawn. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Just the gentle pressure of her rough hand conveyed her own concern and assurance to me. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Bhalla prescribed a half-dozen drugs to lower Wilson’s cholesterol, prevent clotting, and control his blood pressure. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z She hadn’t pressured Jason to talk about it, though. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z So this was their policy of psychological pressure. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Without that power, blood pressure would blow the giraffe’s brains out whenever it leaned down to get a drink of water. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z Owing to the pressures of our shared commitment to the ANC and the struggle to end apartheid, we were unable to enjoy a normal family life. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z His mother was in bed with high blood pressure, though. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I felt a pressure in my chest ease up, and I was able to breathe regular and deep. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z He didn’t want to get out in the rain, but my evil saint exerted some kind of pressure on him. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z Diagrams of chakras and pressure points appeared around the house, and she began charging clients for something called “energy work.” Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He expected ultimately to be drafted and serve—the war was in full swing, and he was nothing if not dutiful—but a high blood pressure reading kept him out of the military and Vietnam. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z There was a tight pressure around her ankles. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The moment that had arrived, despite the time pressure and the frenzy of activity surrounding her, felt somehow inevitable. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z At one point I felt a sudden pressure in my ears and had to wiggle them to release it. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Give him that message exactly please; I wouldn’t want to apply any extra pressure or anything.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They checked her heart and took her blood pressure but didn’t do much to treat her actual illness. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z They were flying, the logs of the raft rearing out of the water on pressure ridges, slamming back down so hard it rattled his teeth. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z She focused on the dagger’s tip now, balancing a finger against it with the barest pressure. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z "A bit, yes. She's pressured, anxious. She wants to be the most beautiful," I say. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I had by then withdrawn from French class because I wasn’t able to concentrate with the combined pressure of the extremely hostile students and coping with everything else. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The others surfaced around me, squealing and holding their ears, everyone feeling the pressure that accompanied quick temporal shifts. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z A side effect of the surgery, he discovered early in the Everest climb, was that the low barometric pressure that exists at high altitude caused his eyesight to fail. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z First, being free of the daily pressure of the Dixie environment, I was able to come into possession of my own feelings. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z In practice, the engine was used to power ornamental fountains, but not to pump water out of mines, because Savery could not build boilers and cylinders which would sustain a sufficiently high pressure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And this was just one of a dozen things that kept building up the pressure on my mother. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I show her and Barb some pictures we all took at Mya’s house before the dance while she hooks me up to the IV drip and tests my blood pressure and O, reading. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z This additional heat also increases the pressure of the gas until it is sufficient to balance the gravitational attraction, and the gas stops contracting. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z She and Seth had simply been relieving pressure for the cow and letting it spill all over the floor. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z She walked forward, peering into the dimness and following the small trail which wound in a curving course toward the center of the bush, its earthen floor packed firm by the pressure of small feet. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z “Victory through airpower!” the NACA-ites repeated to each other, minding each decimal point, poring over differential equations and pressure distribution charts until their eyes tired. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Soon everyone at the table was pressuring Claire to eat something. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z At one checkup in the spring of 2005, his blood pressure and his weight had been a little high. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z It was then that I would feel a pressure to give in, to let a rebound go over my head, to take the outside shot when I knew I had to take the ball inside. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Faced with ongoing Indigenous resistance and continuous pressure from settlers, Washington’s administration negotiated the first of many treaties it would make with Indigenous nations. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z No way I could stand the pressure without a little drink in me. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z Privately, in another desperate attempt to cauterize the Watergate wound before it spread all the way to the president, Nixon had pressured his two closest aides to step down. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Blood pressure, pulse, and temperature all seem OK. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z There had to be a secret switch or a pressure plate or something. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z The pressure increased, and I counted the quickening thud-thud-thud of my heartbeat. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z Granddad twisted around, but it was Nana who placed a hand on my knee, and suddenly the pressure was gone. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Even at the Mutual he had had to fight against pressures to be less militant. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z I suppose I blew my stack from all the pressure I’d been under the preceding months. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z By measuring his blood pressure, oxygen levels, and heart and breathing rates, doctors would get valuable information about the extent of his wound. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Then suddenly, "How much pressure I got on that gauge right there?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z It would’ve sucked if she heard something weird in my heart, or if my temperature or blood pressure was high, and then I couldn’t go home. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z When I see the judge I will try to convey a positive attitude, while at the same time monitoring my blood pressure and other vital signs. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z There was a great deal of pressure on her, after more than a year of preparation, to finally prove herself as a woman who could lead a combat regiment. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Defendants are typically denied meaningful legal representation, pressured by the threat of a lengthy sentence into a plea bargain, and then placed under formal control—in prison or jail, on probation or parole. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z There was relentless pressure to meet production quotas. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The dwarf knew from conviction number eight how easy it was to conceal a pressure pad beneath the deep shag of some antique weave. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z Dimple groaned and clutched her head, feeling like that ancient pressure cooker Mamma still used when she made idli cakes. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z I pulled it out as fast as I could, wincing as the sudden pressure drop dizzied me and made the wound in my side scream in agony. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Many of Gey’s colleagues pressured him to publish research papers so he could get credit for his work, but he always said he was too busy. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z Twig said, “We got lost,” which was probably the worst lie she’s ever come up with, and Twig has come up with some pretty bad lies under pressure. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Olmsted in particular felt the pressure but also felt hobbled by the persistent delays in installation of exhibits and the damage done by the repeated comings and goings of drays and freight cars. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “As principal of Riverview Middle School, it is my sad duty to report that I have absolutely no idea where our team might be. I think the pressure was too much. They caved.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z Occasionally, bands wandered outside their turf and explored new lands, whether due to natural calamities, violent conflicts, demographic pressures or the initiative of a charismatic leader. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Luckily the clock took this moment to tilt dangerously at the pressure of his head, whereupon he turned and caught it with trembling fingers and set it back in place. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Along with the pressures of living together came penury. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z If Meg had wanted a reward for hours of patient labor, she received it in the hearty pressure of her father’s hand and the approving smile he gave her. Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z She was given drugs to stop her blood from clotting and to control her blood pressure, treatment that Woodhull officials say is standard for the type of heart attack she was having. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “We don’t even have boyfriends yet. It just feels like a lot of pressure.” Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z With higher atmospheric pressures, liquid water would be possible. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctors were no longer concerned about the pressure inside her skull. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The more security guards I see, the more pressure I feel building inside me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z I take a deep breath and hold it in an attempt to relieve some of the pressure that is building in my chest. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The gas pushes harder on the walls: the pressure goes up. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z With her blood pressure, she shouldn’t eat anything with sodium. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z He checked out my eyes, took my blood pressure, listened to my heart, then asked my mom to step out of the room. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z Boyle found that if the pressure was doubled, the volume of trapped air was halved; if the pressure was tripled the volume was reduced to a third; and so on. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z That would create difficulty for Stassen, for international pressure to suspend tests was growing—indeed, the Soviets had proposed a test moratorium in May, just as Stassen’s task forces were coming together. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z The pressure that such a pool of magma exerts on the crust above has lifted Yellowstone and about three hundred miles of surrounding territory about 1,700 feet higher than they would otherwise be. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He had succumbed to these pressures by sentencing us to life and resisted them by not giving us death. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A former student of Hiatt’s at the Harvard School of Public Health, Kochi had begun to reexamine his program under the constant pressure from Farmer. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z I had to be quick; the pressure was dropping. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z This keeps the suit under positive pressure, so that any airborne virus particles will have a hard time flowing into it. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z According to the main computer, during the blast, the internal pressure spiked to 1.4 atmospheres, and the temperature rose to 15°C in under a second. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Reality only exerts its pressure through the needs of everyday life—the need to eat and drink, to get shelter and clothing, to avoid swallowing poison or stepping out of top-story windows, and the like. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z The disaster, whatever it was, that cleared the dinosaurs from the world stage removed the pressure on the mammals. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She was wondering if she had caught the virus during the moments when her air pressure had been lost. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Annoyed at her physical condition, she closed her eyes and removed the crutches from under her arms to relieve the unaccustomed pressure. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Jónsson began to get pressure from the hospital to release Bobby because of his refusal of proper treatment. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Once the boilers reached suitable pressure, Rice nodded to an engineer in the pit under the wheel, and steam whooshed into the pistons of its twin thousand-horsepower engines. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She would never be able to console herself that she was pressured or bullied. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z —Do you feel much pressure from your parents? Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt pretty confident it was in good shape, because I'd spent a few hours asleep in the rover before returning to the Hab, and the pressure was still good. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As the presidential election year of 1956 dawned, international pressure on the White House intensified. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z It felt natural there, held between his forefinger and his little finger by the slightest of pressure. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z And I like imagining that I am there sometimes, in a spherical metal submersible with windows that are 30 cm thick to stop them from imploding under the pressure. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z But as the plane flew lower and the pressure built in her ears, she found that she did not want to land. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Richard was to tap a pressure point on his chest while reaching out to me with his other hand, and Mother was to hold a point in her palm while touching Richard with her foot. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z It was, quite simply, the first pressure cooker, a sealed bain-marie. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I can’t believe how peer pressure can take charge of a person’s life and change who they are. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z That would relieve the pressure on Lincoln’s brain. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I had so much tension and pressure resting on my shoulders. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z We just finished reading a story about a kid living in the projects who had to deal with peer pressure and gangs. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z After that the doctor took Haupt's pulse and blood pressure, which was high. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I saw that what had been taken for our emotional strength was our negative confusions, our flights, our fears, our frenzy under pressure. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z My job, mine and Church’s, was to pressure it out of Hickock. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I tried to convince them, using every argument I could think of along with gifts and pressure, even bringing my political power to bear, but it was all in vain. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt the pressure as the arrow detonated . .. but it wasn’t what she expected. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z The whole team laughed, pressure released like air from a tire. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z As for my mother, she was tranquilized, and remembers only that the pressure in her eyes made Father Mike’s face appear oddly elongated, like a priest in a painting by El Greco. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The pressure from creditors and families was growing too great. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z There are other pressures as well, Wilson said. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z For neutron stars, the pressure of the neutrons staves off gravity. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He couldn’t wait to see Subject One performing under pressure. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “Well, maybe if you could—” Even before it was out of her mouth, she felt the pressure on her wrists disappear. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I doubt whether any hack, under pressure, could pen such atrocious melodrama,” Ignatius observed. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The door slid closed behind him, but not before he heard a shocked S.Q. mumbling something about the poor kid cracking under pressure. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z “Some people will always be a pain, but all in all, it’s easier to be yourself, I think. I mean, now that the pressure’s off to be perfect.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z The moment the war touched her life, at the first moment of pressure, she had failed. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z And she wanted the Thirteens to keep the pressure on. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z For these situations, we were taught how to cause pain through “pressure points”—places where clusters of nerves lie just under the skin. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “You want me to get your blood pressure medicine?” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z “We always wanted to go to extreme of temperature, extreme of pressure, extreme of voltage, extreme of vacuum, extreme of something or other.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She curled around him and pressed her cheek to his hair, muffling his trembling with the pressure of her body on his. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z It just came out of me under the pressure of the moment. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He felt all the pent-up pressure inside the tank, and he put it to use. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z As any engineer knew, soil under pressure tended to shift to fill adjacent excavations. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I started to feel pressure to look like what America considered beautiful. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z With every word, she put more and more pressure on the Assassin’s wrist, until the joint began to buckle and tears welled in the younger woman’s eyes. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “And yet,” pointed out Byerley, “you have a Machine of your own, and you are certainly under no economic pressure from across the ocean.” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The pressure became all the greater after William was selected for a new secret mission. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Thus in the Torricellian experiment you cannot see the pressure of the air, but the height of the column of mercury is an indicator of that invisible pressure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I had a book around my neck, fastened by a clip to my pressure suit, which contained procedures for eighteen different types of rendezvous that I might need. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I needed to root out anything that would have a problem with losing atmospheric pressure. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The pressure inside her skull had gone down and stayed down, and the doctor removed the tube from her brain. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The pressure of Styx’s hand in mine still hovered there, ghostlike. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Its stillness and pressure and rhythm and breathing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The exposition work was still far behind schedule and a major source of worry, but Olmsted’s health and the pressure of other work had forced him from Chicago. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z But peer pressure is not always an automatic or an unconscious process. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, we can waste the milk. Barrels would get in the way. We just need to relieve the pressure.” Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z The high blood pressure that accompanied her obesity—she weighed over 300 pounds by this time—caused her to grow light-headed with exertion. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z A story was direct and simple, allowing nothing to come between herself and her reader—no intermediaries with their private ambitions or incompetence, no pressures of time, no limits on resources. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z With all that plus the whole family’s high blood pressure and diabetes, the Lackses figured they pretty much supported the pharmaceutical industry, plus several doctors. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z In spite of these hardships, most Jews remained faithful to their religion and resisted the pressure to convert to Christianity. Good Masters! Sweet Ladies!: Voices from a Medieval Village 2007-07-24T00:00:00Z The viselike pressure of countless tons of water above compressed me from every direction, and my lungs were full of agonizing fire. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z Space inside the pressure vessels is at a premium. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “It’s just this pressure, you know. I want to make it perfect.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z Too hot meant propellant-tank pressures rising dangerously high; too cold meant radiators freezing. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I felt this pressure very keenly, as our launch day of July 16, 1969, approached. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Her bluish face creased with a pressure closing in, the near proximity of the other-than-life that crowds down around the edges of living. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z They had always had an agreement that if Grace wanted to know anything, all she had to do was ask, but that put all the pressure, all the responsibility, on Grace. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Despite all this effort to placate the American government, however, pressure for fundamental change continued from Washington. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The Nazi Party pressured teachers for 100 percent Hitler Youth membership, and the teachers, in turn, pressured the students to join. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z Once I have pressure again, I open the inner door and more or less fall into the rover. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z My guts are all twisted up over Kristina and her stupid lie, and Dee and her pressuring me, and Mom and our lack of meaningful conversations. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z She had a bad leg, she said, and couldn’t put pressure on it. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z As in all consensus-driven bodies, though, members felt intense pressure not to impede progress with frivolous objections. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z They put an ice pack on my swollen, bruised arm, take my blood pressure and heart rate, and examine my leg. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z Putting pressure on the white man, trying to blackmail him, won’t work. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman who ran the concession was taking my blood pressure. Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z But at the very core of Jupiter there may be a lump of rock and iron, an Earth-like world in a pressure vise, hidden forever at the center of the largest planet. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She felt a wave that came not from afar but from below, a shift in the water, a pressure at her back. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z “Confusion take this shouting!” exclaimed the magician, stamping on his hat “May Castor and Pollux.... No, not again. God bless my blood pressure....” The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z The higher he climbed, the lower the barometric pressure fell, and the worse his vision became. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z She might spend weeks calculating a pressure distribution without knowing what kind of plane was being tested or whether the analysis that depended on her math had resulted in significant conclusions. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z She was feeling the pressure of the world outside and she wanted to see him and feel his presence beside her and be reassured that she was doing the right thing after all. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z Against his will, pressured by Úrsula and his officers, he stayed in bed for another week. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z It always began in his chest, a swelling anxiety that blossomed through his veins, gripped his heart, spread up his spine, pressed against his eyes, the pressure often morphing into a migraine. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z I was under the chupah, I was under a lot of pressure trying to think of surprises for the cat's paw invitations. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z The notion that we must understand the past in its own terms, though, can place historians under a perverse pressure to find someone in the past who can act as spokesperson for their own views. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Resin designed to seal a breach against that pressure? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Aside from the obvious pressure, it seemed that everyone had his or her own little way of doing things, especially when it came to writing. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z She gasps for air, chokes under the pressure of my fingers. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z There’s no way to measure how long I fall, but for the popping of my ears as the air pressure increases. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z The pressure I’d felt on my chest in the car was back, waiting for me to relax. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The pressure might have buckled a lesser individual, but no one was more up to the task than Katherine Johnson. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The relatively slow reaction time of humans “wasn’t clear until the pressure on people started to rise.” A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z No pressure was lost; the setup had been perfect. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "Oh, Brother, Brother!" a woman's voice cried into my ear, "Little Brother!" and I felt the hot moist pressure of her lips upon my cheek. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps some bands were driven north by wars, demographic pressures or natural disasters. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There was food in the wagon, and wine—and a camera, and a stamp collection, and a stuffed owl, and a mantel clock that ran on changes of barometric pressure. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z To their dismay the pressure began again on October 24, and it began so strong and so steady that there could be no doubt: the ship was in for it. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z He set his bag on the floor and exerted pressure. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z The touchdown came on a perfect pass from Winchell, who, rolling to his right and under pressure, threw off-balance to the middle of the end zone and hit Hill with a bull’s-eye. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z The pressure suits, for example, had been covered with nylon, and that was replaced with something called Beta cloth, which did not burn as easily. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The checkpoints are no problem, everything goes as smoothly as the Commander said it would, despite the heavy pounding, the pressure of blood in my head. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The shocking images seen all over the world drove people out of their complacency and spurred them to put pressure on leaders in our city. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z This was one of the state’s most barbarous techniques of applying pressure: imprisoning the wives and children of freedom fighters. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z The pressures to perform at the highest level in sports and academics were higher. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z Nor, until Hurd came to town, had any significant public pressure to desegregate the schools been placed on the school board and administration by the minority community. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z You feel pressure on your upper arm, and when you look, your whole arm is wedged into the crook of a guillotine. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z He tells me, “In a good landscape painting, you should be able to guess the barometric pressure.” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Don’t want to pressure you, Potter, but if we ever need an early capture of the Snitch it’s now. Finish the game before Snape can favor Hufflepuff too much.” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I monitor the pressure of my hand carefully. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z In the first room, made up to look like a huge dining room, they found the pressure pads under the carpet and the infrared beams across the doors. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z In England, foreign secretary Anthony Eden said he “deeply regretted” the news, and then set about pressuring the French not to overreact. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z He rode out my struggles with ease, the pressure of his thighs grounding me. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z My only comfort was a small one, the pressure of Horatio’s hand upon mine. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Havel had said that people struggling for independence wanted money and recognition from other countries; they wanted more criticism of the Soviet empire from the West and more diplomatic pressure. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z High strata cloud, fresh southwesterly, but air pressure falling. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z The directors pressured the railroads to lower fares. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “I guess the pressure’s off now, right? No more worrying about making the first kiss perfect.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z When Dr. Z called me, he reported that the pressure in Nikki’s skull was dropping, and that was a good sign, but, he cautioned, she was still in a coma. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They worked it out with their coaches, because as the shows got better and the drama program gained more status, there was pressure on those coaches to make accommodations. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z To Jethro’s surprise he felt his brother’s large rough hand close over his own with a heavy pressure, as if somehow the owner of that hand felt a desperate need to clutch at something. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z Black pressured Gold to officially join the Communist Party. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel as if I’m pushing against something, a pressure on me, like opening the door against a snowstorm. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z She knew he put in an enormous number of hours during the football season and that he was under constant pressure to produce a superb football team. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Many people have observed that adolescents tend to be more reckless, impulsive, and vulnerable to peer pressure than adults. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z She has enough pressure without thinking about me and my stupid comments. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z There was a firm pressure suddenly at the small of her back, still caught on the inside. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z It took Sarai a moment to understand what she meant, because she thought of the blood spurting up from the wound in the bed, and of the phantom pressure of the knifepoint against her breast. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z I felt like all the pressure was on me—not the team. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The gesture had to carry all that had not been said, and she answered it with pressure from her own hand. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Rapid inflation puts a lot of shock and pressure on it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Their gentle pressure makes me forget the birds for a moment. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Her friends’ hands slipped away and the walls relinquished their pressure and she passed out. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z She, too, has always lived as a guest in someone else’s home, feeling pressure to make herself useful. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z I listen for a while, recognizing some words from Understanding Our Universe—evaporation, pressure, water vapor. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z The strain and pressure of operating Bush Hill might have driven less dedicated individuals to give up or ask for replacements. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z I felt a slight pressure on my head, and lifted off a tiara fashioned as a garland of the same flowers. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z I have so much pressure to deal with. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Even without the pressure to find food for us, Kim is different now and not like the brother I remember from Phnom Penh. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The hose was long and had good water pressure, and the drains seemed to have plenty of capacity. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z When the pressure was on, though, something seemed to unravel inside him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Emma returned her friend’s pressure with interest; and was pleased enough to exclaim, Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z I forced my mind toward happy thoughts—August, warmth, storks, home—anything to distract myself from the swelling pressure inside me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The sheriff wondered what went on behind the wall, what pressures, what pleasures and achings. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I pressed the rectangle of suit material onto the helmet with both hands while using my knee to keep pressure on the arm's seam. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Insofar as “art comes from art,” its history is directed by the force of its own traditions, which tend to resist the pressure of external events or circumstances. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z On the morning before the meeting, Howard cranked up the pressure. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z He smelt the odor of her hair and felt the soft pressure of her thigh against his own. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z But Styx didn’t understand the pressure we were under. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z Carla sits next to me on the couch, and I hold out my hand for the blood pressure cuff. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z Matt felt the pressure of unseen eyes on him. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The cramping and pressure resumed below my waist. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z That evening the authorities paid another visit to put pressure on Mary and her daughter, Anna. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He held both hands over his eyes and applied a steady pressure there as if to crush memory into place. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z He was shifting around, clearly trying to find a way to take the pressure off his neck. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z So whenever the pressure seemed too intense and it seemed that they were about to fall, they remembered Anne’s words. . . we have the opportunity to get an education and make something of ourselves. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “They’re trying to put pressure on Trujillo Junior to leave the country. Then the prisoners will be released. We just have to keep hoping and praying,” she adds more cheerfully. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z The narrow clay-daubed chimneys leaned as though some unseen pressure were forcing them over. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z I almost turn away to end the conversation, but her words create a kind of pressure inside my mind, like she is squeezing my brain between her hands. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z It must be most trying under the present pressures.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She struggled, and Rasalas increased the pressure of its elegant hoof against her chest. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z At the centre top there is a representation of Papin’s piston powered by the pressure of the atmosphere: once the steam has condensed, removal of the pin labelled E causes the piston to descend. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There is ample evidence that pressure has been brought to bear on Ralph Meyers since his trial testimony which could tend to discredit his recantation. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z Since she already knew about our family situation, she’d understand the pressure I was under to get money in the bank super quick. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z The harder I'm pressured to use a computer, the harder I resist. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z He sighed as though trying to keep his blood pressure under control. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As the day of the revival grew near, the pressure upon me intensified. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z This was his day, and after they came in to greet Maurice they both pleaded pressure of their work to retire behind the closed doors of their joint office. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Raising the temperature and keeping the same number of atoms inside should permanently raise the pressure. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I think they might have to change the whole system. Look, two people like you, smart young people, sent in here because of pressure.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Just as the light was filling the tunnel, its white glow surrounding us, I felt a sudden pressure in my ears and the light disappeared. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z But demonstrators, determined to keep up the pressure on Nixon, held a second Moratorium march on November 15. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z But the urgency of the competition with the Soviets created pressure to adopt the quickest, surest way into space, even if it was a little crude, or sacrificed long-term spacefaring viability for short-term earthly victory. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Water shot out at a hundred pounds of pressure per second—hard enough to break bones. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z In this case, there is no great pressure on the individual match. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I swallow, trying to get rid of the pressure in my throat, the unbelievable sadness that comes and comes as I look at it looking back at me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z He led the horse that pulled on the Jackson-fork tackle, and when the baler came he drove the circling horse that put pressure on the bales. The Red Pony 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z A lot of that was used to maintain pressure while the airlock was leaking. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In a storm, when the air pressure sank, you had to offset that drop against the altimetric reading, and very often it was a crude rule-of-thumb calculation. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The only reason why she graduated was because her mother pressured her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The idea spread through her as the wax cooled and hardened beneath the pressure of the seal. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I clasp my hands over my chest and press down, hoping the pressure will make me feel safe, like an embrace. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z As it went down, slipping lightly through the old man’s fingers, he still could feel the great weight, though the pressure of his thumb and finger were almost imperceptible. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Give you another ten thousand pounds of bursting pressure.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z With my father no longer in the picture, the pressure was off. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z Maybe their plan is to keep the pressure on until the guilty party breaks down and confesses. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Their path to advancement might look less like a straight line and more like some of the pressure distributions and orbits they plotted, but they were determined to take a seat at the table. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z As Carlisle spoke, I could feel more pressure on my head, something poking and pulling at my scalp. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z The problems and pressures faced by historic societies are very different from those that confronted peoples in the Paleolithic or Neolithic eras. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z A more practical possibility is that such low-mass black holes might have been formed in the high temperatures and pressures of the very early universe. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z “I can feel the pressure of its wings.” Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Her cholesterol levels were stubbornly high and her blood pressure was up, despite drugs for both. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z “His parents put a lot of pressure on him,” I said. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z My Uncle Fan would not listen to foreign radio broadcasts or worry about psychological pressure. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Let us be dissatisfied until America will no longer have a high blood pressure of creeds and an anemia of deeds. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The NBA had heard about Reggie and wanted him to reach out to its players because the league felt that so much pressure was mounting for them to be connected all the time. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The Bomb teaches me how to find the weak spot in a building, the pressure point on a body. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z “Not if we tell him tonight at the campfire in front of everybody. The whole camp will hear. They’ll pressure him. He won’t be able to refuse.” The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Its main cause was the increasing pressure to produce radioisotopes in bulk. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He knew that if he could not slow the fish with a steady pressure the fish could take out all the line and break it. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Social pressures, stereotypes, and changing attitudes and perspectives can inhibit inclusion and lead to exclusionary practice. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z Then our hands were pulled behind our backs until our elbows touched, making our chests tight from the pressure. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z “If you get a rip in your suit, you have to tape it shut right away or you’ll lose your pressure, and contaminated air could flow inside the suit.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ernest had bought it on the spur of the moment in 1950 as “a place where he could get away from the telephone and the pressures of his regular work,” Molly recalled. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Somehow these plaintiffs would have to find the steel to speak freely and the composure to think clearly while seated in a pressure chamber. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z The more pressure he was under, the calmer he seemed to get. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Possibly there were slight differences in the air pressure. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z KLA soldiers had put sometimes violent pressure on fellow Albanians to flee Kacanik for refugee camps in Macedonia, with the aim of provoking sympathy from the international community and—they hoped—a military response. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z All this attention shoved unwanted pressure in my direction. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z It was wrong for anyone, whether they were students or guardians, to punish him for it, or put pressure on him in any way. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z It was around this time that strong pressure was put on me to stop playing with Mundín and to join the other young-lady cousins in their grownup beautician games and boy gossip inside the house. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Shultz had a score of charges, but underlying them all was the implication that because of community pressure, Fleming and Smith had deliberately neglected their duties. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z The very language used by people in Tremonton betrayed just how intense that pressure was. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The magic was dusty and brittle, and if she put too much pressure on it, it would snap. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z The man questioning him did not even have to apply pressure. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He was putting a lot of sudden pressure on me. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I had spent a third of my life traveling from the place of my birth to the North just to talk freely, to escape the pressure of fear. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The war games required them to make decisive, rapid-fire decisions under conditions of high pressure and with limited information, which is, of course, what they did all day at work. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Even its brief appearance raised spirits a little, and by August 1 the pressure on the ship's sides relaxed. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z The red fluid was already in the pressure gun. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z I’d laughed along, but it had felt like an unbelievable amount of pressure. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z The pressure made me more clumsy than usual, but eventually I made it out the door, feeling the same release when I saw him standing there, a wide smile automatically spreading across my face. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z "If I were spending a month alone," Hannah said yesterday, "I would start a meditation practice. It's clinically proven to lower blood pressure and boost brain activity. It even helps your immune system." We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z This was the thought I returned to a year or so later, when the drumbeat truly got loud, when the pressure on both of us felt immense. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The demonstrations throughout South Africa and the international pressure undoubtedly weighed on his mind. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “Eddie, you’re going to be under incredible pressure when you take the million dollar shot. People will be screaming and waving banners. You know Finkle’s going to try to ice you.” The Million Dollar Shot 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z Because their stove and toaster and pressure cooker and imported spices were left behind in Nsukka, their meals were simpler too, and Ugwu had more time to play with her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Nixon and Kissinger were still looking for a way to pressure North Vietnam into concessions. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In bed, the pressure of the bed slats through the straw tick felt good against the boy’s body. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “I hope I haven’t been pressuring you to do this,” she said. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z But the pressure was too much, and as the tears came, I looked around for something with which to hurt myself so that when Abuela asked, I could show her a reason for the tears. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z “No butter until your blood pressure goes down. Doctor’s orders,” the butler said. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z “How can I trust a man I pay twenty years to stay out of jail when all of a sudden, the minute a little extra pressure’s on, he says ‘go to jail’? The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Toward the center of the auditorium, the people beside the clear wall were pressed in close, pinned together by the pressure of the crowd behind them. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z Her heart was pounding so hard, she could feel the pressure inside her ears. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z All I knew was that I was supposed to make a decision that would decide the fate of the world—but no pressure. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z When Deborah got to her doctor’s office, her blood pressure and blood sugar were so high, her doctor was amazed she hadn’t had a stroke or heart attack while we were in Clover. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The leaders indefatigable activism, unrelenting pressure, and superior organizing skills laid the foundation for what, in the 1960s, would come to be known as the civil rights movement. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z A commander does not need to know the barometric pressure or the winds or even the temperature. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z When he spoke to the players that very first time, he told them to ignore the outside pressure that would inevitably swirl around them during the thick of the season. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z And it was his silence, his long pause while he digested this information, that filled the hallway and my heart and soul with such a great whooshing pressure that I couldn’t breathe. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z My lungs ached with the pressure of unreleased air. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z As Gloria and Ruth corner Mom and begin to pressure her into joining the garden club, I make my way over toward where Dad has gone to sit with Lily. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z And then if people pressure her, it just gets worse and worse, and she sometimes has these spastic seizures.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z She held the pressure—a minute, an hour—she did not know how long. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z With a copy of the Continuation in his hands, Newcomen would have known almost everything that Papin knew about how to harness atmospheric pressure to build an engine. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Now Mom felt pressured to turn the corner herself, if only to keep up with Grandma. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Now, feeling oddly guilty as she thought about that and other things, she gave Lane’s arm a special little pressure of simulated affection. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z As the plates push against each other, pressures build up until one or the other gives way. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He goes on to check the socket from all angles, making small marks on the plastic as we go over the pressure points. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The black man in America couldn’t get a decent factory job until Hitler put so much pressure on the white man. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z As people grow up, they generally get better at making thoughtful decisions even when under pressure. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z His pressure made her go to med school. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Determined to apply economic pressure peacefully, black protesters let the nearly empty buses rumble on by like green ghosts, ignoring the doors that snapped open invitingly at the corners, and devised their own transportation system. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z “You’ve testified to having applied pressure to the deceased’s chest and that shortly thereafter a peculiar foam appeared at his mouth and nostrils.” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Fudge increased the pressure on Harry’s shoulder, and Harry found himself being steered inside the pub. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Even without the pressure of the space race, even without the mandate to beat the enemy. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z They also keep a close eye on possible economic reprisals from the Councils and the Klans, plus other superpatriotic groups who bring pressures to bear on the newspapers’ advertisers. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z I said, “Well, I think he said that college sports puts a lot of pressure on the students who do them.” The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z Still, the strikers held out for two years, while a national boycott of Marx & Haas Clothing pressured the company to sign a contract with the union for improved pay and working conditions. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z “I’m not trying to pressure you. I just don't understand.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Indian people could get pretty intense about grades, and maybe his parents were putting the pressure on. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Candace was right: I knew I was fast and strong; now I had to learn how to fence a smarter match even under pressure. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The moment we passed it, I felt a pressure in my ears. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z His gums bled at the slightest pressure of the tip of his tongue, and he seldom stopped experimenting; it was a little game he played, sometimes by the hour. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z As soon as breakfast was over, we had to scramble into our pressure suits. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Let’s not panic when Mom’s blood pressure got really high near the end of her pregnancy. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z My priority will be to get the structure intact and holding pressure. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Why weren’t they applying pressure to their representatives in Parliament to force them to enact legislation abolishing Bantu Education and to address a myriad of other black grievances? Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z A distinct sense of triumph filled her body as she finally exhaled, releasing the pressure in her chest. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z They argued whether the pressure of so many newcomers was going to send them the way so many others were sent, into the territory of the Bwaanug, the Dakota. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z I was pounded between crushing electrical pressures; pumped between live electrodes like an accordion between a player's hands. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The internal pressure was a vital part of its support. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z A nurse put a pressure cuff on my arm and a thermometer under my tongue. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z Her hands stayed where they were but released their pressure. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z “His blood pressure’s probably low, and he stood up too fast, that’s all. He just has to lie down for a while.” Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Defendants are typically denied meaningful legal representation, pressured by the threat of lengthy sentences into a plea bargain, and then placed under formal control—in prison or jail, on probation or parole. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z The pressure on my windpipe eased and I felt a delicious fullness in my lungs. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Lawrence’s approach to security pressures in the bomb program soon evolved under pressure and the omnipresence of security officials in his life. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Trying to prevent Fischer’s escape to Iceland, various agencies in the United States accelerated their pursuit of Bobby, putting more pressure on Japan to extradite him. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “And Hyderabad is a lot farther from Illinois than Illinois is from New York. And don’t forget, you waited a long time to have a kid despite our ummi’s pressure.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z It means, as often as not, that someone actually went up to one of his peers and pressured him. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z My eyes started getting all this pressure on ’em after I heard her say if I was okay. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He’s pressuring me, but that’s the whole point of our dynamic. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Maya felt the pressure in her chest go straight into her heart, bursting with a sudden, vicious love for him. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Above in the park I could hear the furious flapping of wings; on my neck, the pressure of eyes. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Just so you know, these computers are highly classified. If you put in the wrong password even once, it’ll alert security. So...no pressure.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z And in case the pressure wasn’t intense enough, President Roosevelt spelled it out in a personal note. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Those who were entranced by his energy and vision thrived under the pressure; everyone else could only submit and simmer—or go. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Mrs. Sen’s apartment was warm, sometimes too warm; the radiators continuously hissed like a pressure cooker. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z It must be some kind of blood pressure phenomenon. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z I knew I had to be careful because I could withstand a lot more pressure than Annabeth. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z It was a sort of pressure, like water in a pipe. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z I kept asking, “Are you sure you want to do this?” and “How’s your blood pressure?” and “Does your doctor know you’re doing this?” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z The doctor drilled a hole in Nikki’s skull and put in a small tube—no thicker than a strand of spaghetti—to drain excess fluid from her brain to lower the pressure. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It's not clear who decided to put both Myers and McMillian on death row before trial to create additional pressure, but it was a nearly unprecedented maneuver that proved very effective. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The sudden pressure popped the bedroom like a balloon. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Air moving in and out of different pressures. But all the while, the earth rotates underneath. So the wind gets pushed around. I used to wonder if the wind would get annoyed by that.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z There should’ve been steam coming out of her ears and nose like a pressure cooker. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z When the shears’ dull edge brushed against my skin, there was no chill, only pressure. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Despite that worry, we nine enjoyed one another as friends, once outside the pressure we shared at Central High. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z We demand universal adult franchise and we are prepared to exert economic pressure to attain our demands. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I am feeling the pressure of the pillow against my face. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z She feels the rolling pressure of his thumbs against her arches, the soothing grip of his hands on her swollen ankles. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z Soon Bull began to work the bones of the boy’s right hand against each other, applying more and more pressure, until the boy began to scream for his friends to pull Bull off. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z “You were under a lot of pressure. I know how that feels. When we played the escape game, Charles Chiltington put so much pressure on me I thought I might turn into a diamond.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z It carried its silence with it, so you could feel the silence building up a pressure behind you all across town. Fahrenheit 451 1953-01-01T00:00:00Z “It does solar radiation,” he went on, “barometric pressure, wind chill, rainfall, humidity—ambient and active—even estimated burn time adjusted for skin type.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z His jaw tightens under the pressure of his strong bite. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z As pressure in the star increases, the exclusion principle states that electrons inside must move faster and faster to avoid one another. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z So I kiss him—slowly, so I can feel the warmth of his mouth and the gentle pressure and his breaths as we pull away. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Mother was certain he was being pressured by his bosses, North Little Rock’s all-white school administrators who were fighting integration in that city. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “The pressures you been under, if it works at all, it’ll be a miracle.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Fischer plunged into the game with his trusted and thoroughly analyzed opening, the Ruy López, instantly seizing the initiative and generating pressure in the center squares. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z And this time her eyes got all glassy and a couple tears came running down her cheeks, which made the pressure on the back of my eyes get way worse. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z He shifted his behind to ease the pressure on his leg. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Deeper still, I can feel the cold of the earth replaced by heat until there are caverns of red-hot, then white-hot magma, swirling under unthinkable pressure. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z Around the time of his fourteenth birthday, with all the pressures of church and home uniting to drive him to the altar, he strove to appear more serious and therefore less conspicuous. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z We have enough documents, letters and memoirs to prove that World War Two was not caused by food shortages or demographic pressures. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He cried, trying to release the great pressure that was swelling inside his chest, but he got no relief from crying any more. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z And this pressure by the Black Tennis Association and the rest of the world is counterproductive. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z They hardly dared hope they had seen the last of the pressure attacks. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Ultimately, the Populists caved to the pressure and abandoned their former allies. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z My reading had my mind like steam under pressure. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel some of the pressure in my chest lighten at his words. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “Put some pressure on that wound,” Fox said. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Lady sensed the high pressure of the same front and she, like Drum and Duchess, began the long pilgrimage of the peregrine falcon to warmer climates. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A dip in pressure would indicate a rip, which could prove fatal in the long term. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He takes my blood pressure off a rolling cart and my pulse with delicate fingers. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Keeping it together under pressure was what separated the winners from the losers. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z I would have liked to take his blood pressure. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z Don’t put too much pressure on your pencil. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z There was a sound like the room was inhaling, the air grew thick, and there was a pressure change that made Ophie’s ears pop. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z He had his slipped disk to deal with as well, and suffered from high blood pressure and asthma. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z Mr. Chris had to check on them, he said, before they could be sent into town to the restaurant man who canned them with a pressure cooker. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z Music can affect our heartbeat, blood pressure, and pulse rate, and reduce stress, anxiety and even depression. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z If one loses pressure, the other will instantly seal off the shared lines. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "Blood pressure zero, pulse rate zero, temperature normal." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The twentieth century put enormous pressure on classical composers to carve out a new role for themselves. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. One of these pressure points is supposed to help.” The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z It had always felt nice to apply pressure there. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z It wasn’t something he could volunteer for, though she guessed he would have done so eagerly; she had pressured him, or tempted him. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z He felt the faint answering pressure of her hand. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The pressure stopped again, and the Boss ordered the men to restore order to the jumbled ship. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z But as the intense six-month program began, she experienced problems in the pressure chamber and with the centrifuge. Women in Space 2014-02-01T00:00:00Z It’s that he thought it was inappropriate in the midst of battle, where the uncertainties of war and the pressures of time made it impossible to compare options carefully and calmly. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Other people could stand up and speak to an assembly, apparently, without that dreadful feeling of the pressure of personality; could say what they would as though they were speaking to only one person. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Eventually the time will come when the solar interior is all carbon and oxygen, when at the prevailing temperatures and pressures no further nuclear reactions can occur. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “He’d come in at two or three in the morning wanting to know why we hadn’t gotten more data, what’s holding us back, and he was really putting the pressure on.” Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z I could feel the press of something important in the atmosphere, the pressure of chill air against me. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z They grounded me when I felt the pressures of being judged, having everything from my choice of nail-polish color to the size of my hips dissected and discussed publicly. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Hers are smaller than Baba's, but the pressure and warmth on my skin feels so familiar. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z The pressure swirled again, her breath caught, and then she landed softly on Redemption’s bed. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z This demonstrated the force of air pressure acting on the hemispheres and inspired Boyle’s construction of an air pump. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z They matched their male colleagues in curiosity, passion, and the ability to withstand pressure. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z But I awoke to a pressure, a strange feeling on my left leg. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z The pressure building inside was sure to explode. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z In nature, such high temperatures and attendant high pressures are common only in the insides of the stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mostly because I’m prone to peer pressure: go.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z The weather report was routine—even boring—with details about air pressure, wind speeds, and temperature maximums and minimums. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z Low-mass black holes could form only if matter was compressed to enormous densities by very large external pressures. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z The pressure elevators were powered by gaseous columns vented from the earth’s core. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z I say, looking as deep into her eyes as the pressure in my chest allows. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z This was, in effect a wind gun driven by atmospheric pressure and where the piston replaced the bullet. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Not so Birge, who kept up the pressure on a young man he perceived to be in a hurry. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z He felt, he said, “pressure on my shoulders. I’m a lead. If I don’t do well, the show doesn’t do well.” Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z Were they exerting subtle pressure on him to conform? Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z His body had been starved of oxygen, and the pressure had cracked several of his ribs. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z His chest exam, heart exam, and ECG are normal, and his systolic blood pressure is 165, meaning it doesn’t qualify as an urgent factor. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The pressure finally exploded one night at dinner. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Mr. Friedman jumps up to hug Jus, who winces a little from the pressure on his shoulder. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z “The pressure got so great that Bob couldn’t sleep at night. I was afraid he might have a nervous breakdown.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z I had always been a team player, but this time I felt so much personal pressure from the president. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, but you guys needed me too after your future-wife comment. It took away the pressure. Same with me and Arthur.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z All this time she’d been looking for an apartment, testing the water pressure, asking a Realtor if heat and hot water were included in the rent. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z This provoked further controversy, and the pressure of letters continued to build up urging the Society to declare more fully its membership criteria. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The government was under pressure from its supporters in the surrounding areas of Westdene and Newlands, which were comparatively poor white areas. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He talked about the pressures on him everywhere he turned, and about the frustrations, among them that no one wanted to accept anything relating to him except “my old ‘hate’ and ‘violence’ image.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, very gradually it seemed, the terrible pressure began to slacken. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z It was almost like there was a pressure on my ears, as if I were deep underwater, except of course that I wasn’t. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The rough shirt scraped my chin, and I was aware of the pressure of his knees against my stomach. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “You know, if you put enough pressure on coal it turns to pearls,” he says earnestly to Finnick. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z A disease otherwise known as high blood pressure. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z But the pressure quickly subsided back to 1 atm. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The closer we get to Euston, the more anxious I feel; pressure builds; how will today be? The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z “I don’t want to pressure you,” she said. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The doctor thought that was most likely what caused Haupt's heart to act up, but, other than high blood pressure, Dr. Otten thought his heart was all right. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z I experience so many different health conditions— rapid heart rate, elevated blood pressure, dry mouth, pulmonary shock, muscle spasm—that it is impossible for me to even chronicle the degree of body breakdown. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z With Mom out of a job, the pressure came on the rest of us to bring in money and food. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z He murmurs an apology and tries to shift my weight so that he isn’t putting any pressure on my knee. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z One was very pleasant; crawling out of our pressure suits and stowing them away in bags. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she felt it: the warm pressure of Archer’s palm on the point of her elbow, reeling her back to him. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z They’re arguing, and the voices back and forth make a squeezing pressure inside him and a sense of panic. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z He waited awhile longer before moving through the house again to see that the pressure was strong everywhere, and then he shut down the taps. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Something that can stand up to a lot of pressure. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In the 1890s, Populists buckled under the political pressure created by the Redeemers, who had successfully appealed to poor and working-class whites by proposing overtly racist and increasingly absurd Jim Crow laws. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Like it's letting the pressure out of my chest. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “I gotta have my little drink. It relieves the pressure. You know?” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Since such stars with higher temperatures and pressures run rapidly through their store of nuclear fuel, their lifetimes are much shorter than the Sun’s. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This environment gives us more material resources and longer lives than those enjoyed by any previous generation, but it often makes us feel alienated, depressed and pressured. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z She was struggling to become someone else, and maybe felt the pressure more than the rest of us because, as I say, she’d somehow taken on the responsibility for all of us. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I decanted about an ounce of the thick, oily liquid into the pressure vial and quickly applied the cap. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The nurses were watching the relays, our blood pressure and all. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z That put an additional pressure on the sugar harvest. Sugar Changed the World: A Story of Magic, Spice, Slavery, Freedom, and Science 2010-11-15T00:00:00Z There was a little charge of electricity in the air, that feeling of pressure right before a storm. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Being on top of the sexual food chain is a lot of pressure. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z Then one day, Rowan gave in to the pressure. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z She takes my temperature, blood pressure, heart and pulse rates before declaring that I am simply lovesick. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z She tried to shift her weight to ease the pressure on her flawed side. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard men’s voices crying out, their words muffled by the intense pressure in his head. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z As she lay awake, she felt numb with the pressure of the evil things that had happened to her in so short a time. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z He was still feeling his hand strangely; it seemed that the pressure of Jan’s fingers had left an indelible imprint. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z After the sensors are all attached, you put on long white cotton underwear and then crawl into your pressure suit, which is not an easy thing to do. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Driving up Root’s blood pressure was one of the few perks of the job. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z A great pressure, like the weight of the entire world, landed on my shoulders, and it took every ounce of my strength not to buckle under it and sink to the floor. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The players are nervous, and many get into extreme time pressure. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z When the Governor made light, the air had crackled with pressure. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z In fact, the same behavior of gravity with distance in more than three space dimensions means that the sun would not be able to exist in a stable state with pressure balancing gravity. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Sensing the drop in pressure, it constantly flooded itself with air from my nitrogen tank to equalize. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Earlier in June a zone of high pressure, the “permanent high,” had settled over the middle Atlantic states and driven temperatures in Philadelphia well into the nineties. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z I went back, seeing him remove a white cloth from his hip pocket and wipe the glass face of a pressure gauge, then bend close to squint at the position of the needle. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, you got a point there. But, hey, there’s no pressure on you. No matter what, that scout ain’t coming to look at you. He’s out here to look at Red.” Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I will never feel the pressure of peers or the burden of parental expectation. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z All at once, the pressure that had been building in the back of my mind released, sending a tingle racing down my spine. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The crew had seen pressure before, but none of it compared with what they were seeing now. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z And yet there was the pressure of that great blue army behind him, building like water behind a cracking dam. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z In the end the governments had to relent in the face of commercial pressure. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The 160-pound dummy—a stand-in for a suicidal inmate—was next: I wrapped my arms around his middle and lifted him up to relieve the pressure around the neck. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z This was, in other words, an adaptation of his atmospheric steam engine, or rather a reversion to his earlier plan for a wind-gun powered by atmospheric pressure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I told it to bump the pressure up to 1.2 atm. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z I was pressed so close to her I felt her heart like a small throbbing pressure against my chest. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I moved to relieve pressure on an especially tender bruise. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Political pressure from President Franklin D. Roosevelt averted all-out warfare in the streets. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z It was the pressure of prison, Morales told me, that caused him to hurt himself. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He shook his gasoline pressure lantern to make sure it was full and arranged ether can and mask beside it on his bureau. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “Funny, Ronan, but no. You need really low barometric pressure for that.” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z I know exactly how we fit together, his arm around my waist, my hands on his chest, the pressure of his lips on mine. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Throughout it, Barack stayed calm, though I could see what the pressure did to him. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z The pressure to do well in school begins to build at grade four, believe it or not, and it becomes everything to students by grade seven.” Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z The sails filled with air and the ship heeled slightly under their pressure. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z The shower alone has a panel with more than a hundred options you can choose regulating water temperature, pressure, soaps, shampoos, scents, oils, and massaging sponges. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z “You can shop first and meet us at the movie at seven,” Gay added, putting on the pressure. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z “There’s no pressure, of course, but take a look. I think you might be interested, and I think you might surprise yourself.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z At first, the storm seemed reluctant to come ashore, building up its nerve over a slow twenty-four hours, the air pressure changing in a way that made the hoverboards jittery to ride. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “I need good action shots, so no pressure. You’ll be great.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z The invention was not a success, because the height of liquid in the tube also depended on the changing pressure of the air outside. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z But when they did, though with the most gentle of pressure, the beeping stopped altogether. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z After their mother died, she had come struggling out of the womb without help from throbbing muscles or the pressure of swift womb water. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z In all the excitement leading up to the ceremony, Sonny’s blood pressure shot up dangerously high and he ended up in the hospital, nearly missing the whole event. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z When Otto put pressure on it, she bared her teeth at him. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z So Howard parked his horses between the two tracks and began playing one against the other, hoping to pressure Santa Anita out of giving Seabiscuit an excessive impost. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then a breeze would move her bright hair, or she would raise her eyes, and Adam would swell out in his stomach with a pressure of ecstasy that was close kin to grief. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z We had evidence from a fourth doctor to whom Myers confided that he was being pressured to give false testimony against Walter McMillian. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z The reasons for this pressure are complicated, but they begin with the leader of the USSR, Josef Stalin. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z “This must have been a terrible shock to you. I’ll check your blood pressure at once.” The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z A thing we cannot see can exert pressure, can frustrate my wish to fill a vessel with water if I were dumb enough to leave my finger on the neck. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He croaked and threw his hands up to try to relieve the pressure as he fell on his back and the wind was knocked out of his lungs. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z When under pressure, each man had a tendency to become more controlling, and never was the pressure higher than in the winter of 1940. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z A second later, Tally felt the pressure release, and her hands popped apart. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z The pressure of trains passing in far-off tunnels pushed the air around like breaths in some great creature’s gullet. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z He had these parents from hell who'd put him under massive pressure to get a whole raft of A grades and when the exam came, this kid just cracked and couldn't even understand the questions. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z Colonel Gerineldo Márquez, besieged by pressures of all kinds, left his bed of a paralytic in order to persuade his former companion in arms. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Across the track, Smith lifted his binoculars and watched as War Admiral pulled around the far turn, meeting with unexpected pressure from Masked General, who carried twenty-eight fewer pounds. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Meanwhile the selfgravity of the Sun will force a renewed contraction of its helium- rich core and a further increase in its interior temperatures and pressures. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I long for grace under pressure, but I simply can’t conjure it. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z And what if it were a test to discover how I would react to such pressure? Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z I twisted uncomfortably and, by accident, put pressure on one of my wrists. Kindred 1979-06-01T00:00:00Z Often, it seemed, the pressure coincided with their “gramophone evenings,” and some of the more superstitious members of the crew began to think the music caused the pressure. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “You shouldn’t have any problems. There’s a pressure valve in the line on the east wall in the cellar—Dad put it in, remember?” Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Usually it was fine, he said, but it could flare up fast since the pressure wasn’t steady. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z A moment later Sawyer asked, “Did you sense that having a reporter along put extra pressure on Rob Hall?” Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z As this date grew ever nearer, the pressures on myself, though of an altogether more humble nature than those mounting on his lordship, were nevertheless not inconsequential. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z OK, once in a rare while, I do come up with a decent line under pressure! Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z The constant pressure of the sun was replaced with a refreshing coolness. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Jeez, it was a lot of pressure to put on a kid. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z En route from Bermuda, he was the focus of intense pressure. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z But what Veblen could not have foreseen is where some of that pressure is coming from, says Juliet B. Schor, a professor of sociology at Boston College who has written widely on consumer culture. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z But Titan has an atmospheric pressure at least as great as that of the planet Mars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In January 1919, with public sentiment now stronger than ever in support of women’s right to the ballot, the NWP stepped up the pressure by introducing a new tactic it named “Watchfires of Freedom.” 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z “There’s a lot more variation in pressure when it comes to those bleed-off lines.” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z It did take a little adjusting to learn to drive with my fake leg, because my ankle doesn’t flex and I have to control the gas and brake pressure by using my knee and thigh. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The legionnaires moved forward, keeping up the pressure. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z But the pressure dropped down again, so where did that extra pressure go? The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z They have solid surfaces, interiors made of rock and iron, and atmospheres ranging from near-vacuum to pressures ninety times higher than the Earth’s. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z This time, I’m quick with the pressure, determined to steal and start a counterattack. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “It’s gonna be so good when it’s done,” she said, jotting down my blood pressure. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z And yet, somehow, the pressure was making him stronger. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The steam engine was the product of seventeenth-century science, which had experimented with vacuums, and with air and steam pressure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This time I felt a great pressure on me, a pressure to not make any mistakes, because the whole world was watching. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Most surrender to the vague but murderous pressure of adult conformity. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z Then she wiped again, with a little more pressure. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Look, something may or may not come from my interview with Dr. Cook, but either way this will take some pressure off,” Mom says. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z I just talked to this girl—and I did okay—but the Tentacles are coiled and the pressure is rising, getting ready to pounce on me when I leave. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The officers were under tremendous pressure from their commander to keep their arrest numbers up, and all of the officers were aware that their jobs depended on the renewal of a federal grant. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z He just felt a faint slackening of the pressure of the line and he commenced to pull on it gently with his right hand. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Helen pressured me greatly to think about an answer. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Better than any pressure pads for giving away intruders. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z This was the end of her career for sure, but suddenly that didn’t seem so important because her ribs were aching, and she had a blinder of a pressure headache coming on. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z He could not look at her, but returned the pressure, now taking deep, sharp gulps of the night air, trying to steady himself, trying to regain control. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z When the ramrod was forced down behind, it created enough pressure to spray an opponent with a shower of slimy gunk. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z I watched in horror while the pressured water sent them flying through the air, knocking them down and pummeling them across the street. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z It hits all the spots in my body, and I feel the blood pressuring through me, my wrists, my fingers, my neck. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z My ears were popping from pressure loss just as the rover's airlock filled with wonderful 1-atmosphere air. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Put your hand on her forehead and gently push it back,” Rashid said, never stopping the pulsing burst of pressure on Kaitlin’s chest. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z The GAC had reached the conclusion that the intensified test schedule really was placing insupportable pressure on Los Alamos; sooner or later, Oppenheimer feared, the workload would erode the quality of the lab’s product. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z She shifted to take the pressure off her arm. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z And as I start through the opening, I feel the pressure around me, propelling me in violent wavelike motions toward the mouth of the cave. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers around the Institute call the morgue the Submarine because its main door is made of heavy steel and looks like a pressure door in a submarine. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Its bones were snapping, breaking from the contortion pressure. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z Mechanical, intellectual acceptance of that which a genuine organism—with two billion years of the pressure to live and evolve hagriding it—could never have reconciled itself to. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z Have I done the right thing, pressuring Mrs. de Vries to go out the way that I did? Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Can you imagine the pressure he was under? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z They regulate lots of its functions—filtering blood, producing hormones, helping to control blood pressure, and removing waste from the body. Ugly 2013-08-20T00:00:00Z Faced with trouble at home and pressure from abroad, P. W. Botha offered a tepid, halfway measure. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z While Chapman had suggested that Myers must have been pressured to recant, the district attorney presented no actual evidence to support that claim, which made the judge's ruling hard to understand. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He had the uncanny ability to be stoically cold under pressure and extremely warm with the people. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z “It might take two weeks, and it might be tomorrow. But if she feels any pressure, she’ll hold off just to prove a point.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z Instead, they decided to pressure Myers to produce more incriminating details. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z We all got in our flight space suits and huddled in the middle of the Hab, just in case it lost pressure. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z "Increasing bridge pressure to 1.03 atmospheres. . . . Pressure is steady. We have a good seal." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z As I watched her drinking, I felt this pressure building in my chest and I had to let it out. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Every chair sank several inches at the lightest touch, foam and down surrendering abjectly to any pressure. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So he sits next to the dying man’s head, poking his finger into the blood clot every few minutes, making sure there’s not too much pressure on Lincoln’s brain. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z Then she pulls the blood pressure cuff from the wall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z There’s extra pressure to be cautious because I’d hate for an “I told you so!” in the afterlife. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z It was a strange sensation to float in the total darkness, suspended by a cobweb’s light touch, with no pressure anywhere on my body. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And Old Ikwa, nearly blind and an easy victim to peer pressure, had ambled along behind. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z We would stick it to the egg, apply too much pressure, and end up covered in yolk. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z She stopped pinching my pressure points and held my hand. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z With the war emergency fading into the past and without war production pressures, there would be no hire-at-all-costs demand for women. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z By the time I reach the stairs, the pressure on my chest is almost gone. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z How could his own motoring heart, with its valves and pressure systems, turn out an unknowable thing? Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z It was instantaneous, and he didn’t know how his mother didn’t crumble under that kind of pressure. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z If So-and-so’s blood pressure was high, she should be given hawthorn to stabilize the collagen and dilate the coronary blood vessels. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Then he would look ironically up at the sky, and take her arm with a firmer pressure, and they would walk on. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z They have pressure seals, allowing the occupants to drive without space suits during long periods traversing the surface. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z From the moment Burn and his fellow legislators arrived in Nashville, women on both sides of the issue had been pressuring them for their votes. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z She said the thing she hated most about the hood was that it didn’t pressure me to become better. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z Smuggled-out information that we were on a hunger strike would elicit newspaper stories, which in turn would generate pressure from advocacy groups. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Once she cried and he gripped her shoulder so tightly that she stopped, more absorbed in the painful pressure of steel-like fingers than in her fate. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z I thought of the victims of violent crime and the survivors of murdered loved ones, and how we’ve pressured them to recycle their pain and anguish and give it back to the offenders we prosecute. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She peered suspiciously at the stove, knocked on the pressure cooker, tapped the pots with her fingers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z A lot of pressure to make ends meet. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z “Oh, sure. He’s bright, too. But he has to be careful. My father can’t pressure him.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Being Madoc’s legitimate daughter, she feels no pressure to please him. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z I’d done all I could do to relieve the pressure in my wrist. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z When the exhausted crew of Endurance gave up the battle against the pressure and abandoned the ship, the ice field around her was not a sight to inspire confidence. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z Now, four months into his term as sheriff, he faced a seemingly unsolvable murder and intense public pressure. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z If we didn’t change some habits, it could become a real problem over time, increasing her risk for high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z “And that none of it would have happened in the first place if Tushman hadn’t forced you to be friends with Auggie. He said his mom thinks that you, quote unquote, snapped under the pressure. ...” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z You can see the world fine, even if, locked up inside your pressure suit, you really don’t feel you are part of it. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The soothing pressure of a hand holding my own. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z With round- the-clock pressure to test the airplanes queued up in the hangar, engineers would welcome the additional hands. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z “Erm...brain fluid, I think. We had a pressure leak on the last mission. But that’s plugged now. And the officer lived. Down a few IQ points, but alive, and he can still take liquids.” Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z It slipped its hand to her head again, and the pressure wrapped around her, short and crushing. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z Once the fall radio season began in September, the pressure intensified. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z He proved that he could stand up under pressure and in spite of the severe emotional strain he must have been under, he was able to pull it out. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t know what to do, and the reporters wouldn’t stop pressuring him. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I've got diabetes, high blood pressure, a hyperactive thyroid, and poor circulation in my legs. And she’s worried about a little caffeine.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z White was feeling pressure not just from Hoover. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Otherwise, the pressure will choke the animal to death. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z “Shrapnel. About two days ago. You stopped the bleeding by applying pressure but that pushed the fragments deeper, causing more pain. It’s infected. You poured liquid on it at some point.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The more things these hands could do, the more successful their owners were, so evolutionary pressure brought about an increasing concentration of nerves and finely tuned muscles in the palms and fingers. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He continued to add pressure until I twisted slightly, wrapping my arm behind my back to relieve the strain. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He simply feels like he’s experiencing a pressure so many people feel in their everyday lives—to keep up, push on, achieve. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z The pressure waves appeared smaller—even the boulder didn’t seem as large. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z We had already concluded that the formation of complex societies is somehow linked to population pressure, so we should now seek a link between population pressure and the outcome of war. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Archie alone was always under pressure, devising the assignments, working them out. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The voice of a Head Gamemaker used to calling the shots under pressure. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z At last, however, I found one door at the top of the stairway which, though it seemed to be locked, gave a little under pressure. Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z Calculating the pressure distribution over a particular airfoil at a transonic speed could easily take a month to complete for the most experienced of mathematicians. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Given all of these pressures, it is clear that the choice facing Durham was not between continuing Jim Crow and dismantling the system. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “But is there pain? Excessive pressure? Close your eyes and feel it.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z But great as the pressure was, he felt no inclination now to yield to it. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z Ordinarily Carla, my full-time nurse, would be taking my blood pressure and filling out my daily health log, but my mom’s given her the day off. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z “We can’t patch an artery like an inner tube. By the way, how do you get him to let you take his blood pressure?” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z Kids were being diagnosed with high blood pressure and type 2 diabetes at record rates. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z Fire and water collided, superheated steam, and I shot upward from the heart of the volcano in a huge explosion, just one piece of flotsam thrown free by a million pounds of pressure. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Between the recognition that the Torricellian tube is a pressure gauge and the invention of the atmospheric steam engine there was no intervention of an extraneous factor. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z But the pressure from the stewards and the press was too much to bear. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “I never thought there was anything powerful enough to blow out a steel tube like this. Bursting pressure’s got to be in the neighborhood of twenty thousand pounds per square inch, even with the weld.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z Now my mom is pressuring me to be like her. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I hooked one end of the fifty-foot umbilical line to the Gemini’s oxygen supply and the other end to a chestpack, which in turn was hooked by two hoses to my pressure suit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Then he kissed her neck, her jaw, her lips; under the pressure of his tongue, she opened her mouth and the gushing warmth of it overwhelmed him. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The regulator also needs a pressure tank to contain the C02 it pulls from the air. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “You don’t know the pressures I’m under. The federal police are on my back. They're not as simple to shake off as the ones here. Although they’ve gotten worse here, too.” Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The heat was then removed, the steam condensed and the piston charged; as soon as the bolt was pulled it would be driven down the length of the cylinder by the pressure of the air. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He tightened the pressure of his thumb and finger for a moment and the weight increased and was going straight down. The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Remember, I stole the airlock attachment from a pop-tent, which is an emergency feature for pressure loss while in the rover. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z It worked just like a stove-top espresso machine: the pressure of steam in a chamber from which there was only one exit drove the water in the container upwards and out. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The atmospheric pressure was going to be fine. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z The pressure cooker sat on the stove, leaking stewing steak fumes. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z But as Brian stared at Gaines for those few seconds, he didn’t see someone who had blocked out those enormous pressures at all. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z If being wise and just was pressure, imagine being considered the greatest hero out of the entire story. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Because of my recent illness and my history of high blood pressure, I had been put on a strict low-cholesterol diet. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I applied pressure to the artery with my fingertips, and then more pressure, and it still bled. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z She ended up kneeling on the small of his back, careful to avoid the spikes along his spine, squeezing and kneading and applying pressure in diverse ways. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z He pointed out that St. Helens didn’t have an open vent, as Hawaiian volcanoes have, so any pressure building up inside was bound to be released dramatically and probably catastrophically. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “Tell your mother to stop putting all this pressure on me,” his father said. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z And once the ski valley was completed there would be pressure to raise taxes for a better road up to it. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z There wasn’t enough blood left to maintain circulation, so his heartbeat was very sluggish, and his blood pressure was dropping toward zero. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z When we unpacked the three pressure suits from their bags, they seemed almost to fill the entire command module, as if there were three extra people in there with us. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z And they tell those lies even when there isn’t the intense cultural pressure that Reggie felt as part of a small Mormon community. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z It is true that knowledge of air pressure was widespread by 1712, and any explanation of the workings of a barometer would have conveyed to Newcomen the discoveries of Torricelli and Pascal. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z There was pressure in the air; rain coming, sometime soon. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z In general, the longer the interval between quakes, the greater the pent-up pressure and thus the greater the scope for a really big jolt. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “We’ve been operating under a terrible time pressure from the very beginning. Just yesterday morning, for example, I was a hopeless drunk and Fezzik toiled for the Brute Squad.” The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z He felt as if the pressure would never let up. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the story of what had happened to them in Afghanistan and the danger Habib had faced when he’d been pressured to join the Taliban. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z Most of us, under pressure, get too aroused, and past a certain point, our bodies begin shutting down so many sources of information that we start to become useless. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z The glass creaks under the pressure of their hands, and then cracks, and then shatters. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z We live in an era of social science, and have become accustomed to understanding the social world in terms of “forces,” “pressures,” “processes,” and “developments.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z Sweat beaded on my forehead as that pressure from earlier in the day smothered me like a wet blanket. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z To do so, you have to relieve the pressure of decision making in other areas. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z That would be an added layer of pressure and stress I didn’t need. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z When the mercury was at the same level on both sides of the tube, the air in the closed end was at atmospheric pressure. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z I wait for him to pressure me to try harder. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z Things were hard enough—her own doubts were hard enough—without Mamma’s constant pressure. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Her blood pressure and cholesterol remained ominously high. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The corresponding surface pressure is 90 atmospheres, 90 times the pressure we feel from the Earth’s atmosphere, the equivalent of the weight of water 1 kilometer below the surface of the oceans. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Other statesmen fell by the wayside, lacking the stamina to handle the relentless political pressure. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z Religious censorship was not the only pressure upon della Porta’s text. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z His firm already had a full roster of work, so much, he wrote, that “we are always personally under an agitating pressure and cloud of anxiety.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z “It’s mad pressure to do all my living in one day.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Von Guericke had demonstrated how two hemispheres from which the air had been extracted were held so tightly together by air pressure that teams of horses could not pull them apart. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Cartoons were still fermenting when sold, and because of the pressure, sometimes exploded in the hands of some careless drinker. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z As they approached the restaurant, each felt an unspoken pressure to finish the contest, but there wasn’t enough time. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The pressure to win began to distract him. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I think of all the bossy moments and the perfect ponytail moments and the pressuring moments and what she made me do to Jeff Garnet. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z And as the far off hand of Quinn tightened its pressure in easy stages, the laughter grew forced, an element of hollow uncertainty entered, and people broke off to wonder. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z There is a limit, though, to even the pressure that neutrons can bear. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z If there’s anything her past efforts have taught her, it’s that real change requires prolonged pressure and inspired action. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Bowing to the mounting pressure, Mayor Thompson toured the riot area. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z He agreed to Atlas’ plan, but asked him to take the sky back for just a moment so that Hercules could put a pad on his shoulders to ease the pressure. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z At worst, unrestrained, a matching set of sharpened kitchen knives would be drawn across her optic nerve, and then again, with a greater downward pressure, and she would be entirely shut in and alone. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z An invented past can never be used; it cracks and crumbles under the pressures of life like clay in a season of drought. The Fire Next Time 1963-01-21T00:00:00Z He hugged her, kissed her, and then slid down and began to massage her feet; she liked the warm pressure, the feel of his fingers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z "Lev, I can't talk about this anymore. You've got to stop with this pressure. I'm still with Michah. I'm leaving with him. He's right—there's nothing for me here. He's my way forward." What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But it was tender and strong, as if the pressure of his lips could communicate all the things he felt for her, all the things he still didn’t have the words in him to say. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z “I’m going to check your blood pressure,” she said. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z The falling air pressure foretold a severe storm. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z Grasping it firmly, I released the pressure of my body from the walls. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Those are ordinary pressures we can relate to, the insistence of fashion or the approval of friends. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Only if the early universe was very smooth and uniform, with a high pressure, can one explain the absence of observable numbers of primordial black holes. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z He grabbed hold of the chain, hanging from it, using all his weight to try to put pressure on the link. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I couldn’t see him; I just felt the steady pressure of his fingers against my skin. From Twinkle, with Love 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z Without the hair-trigger, the weapon required twenty pounds of pressure to fire. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It was like popping the lid on a pressure cooker before the whistle signaled it was time to open it. The Epic Fail of Arturo Zamora 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z It isn’t a question of faithfulness to your own concepts; it is a matter of compromise so that you can remain an individual without the constant threat of conventional pressures. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z It's a right angle in a pressure vessel. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There were a few sounds from the audience, but they seemed to be holding themselves in against tremendous pressure. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z It would certainly be big enough, but it just isn't designed to hold in that much pressure. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Such peer pressure. I guess I have to go in that case.” Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Duct tape might seal a hairline crack, but it can't hold an atmosphere of pressure against the size of my broken faceplate. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Under pressure at work and at home, Elizebeth often worried about her family. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Her family is pressuring her to leave Vincent because they are so poor. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z Every time Annabeth put pressure on her bad foot, she wanted to yelp. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z At the hospital, an Amity woman in a yellow shirt with clean fingernails took my mother’s blood pressure and set her bone with a smile. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z The pressure of a firm hand on my shoulder startles me from this tranquil state. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z Please know we have asked jack if he felt any undue pressure about any of this, and the answer was a resolute “no.” Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z Important note—the undercarriage is not part of the pressure vessel. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Under time pressure, they began to behave just as people do when they are highly aroused. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z Hidden by a pressure wave, it lay sideways out and to the left, halfway to the left wall. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z “Sofia, you’re going to raise your blood pressure. And Maya, you need to listen...” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z I was getting dressed for the game; I started feeling more pressure than usual. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The big arteries there have so much pressure that all the blood in your body can be pumped out in a few minutes. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z His nails scraped against my rib cage; he seized my spine as though it were a pillar, void of pain but with unbearable pressure. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z The open airlock hatchway led directly to it, and it appeared to be holding pressure. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He had proved himself brilliantly under pressure, and he concluded the briefing with an inspiring peroration that every instinct told him was a masterful exhibition of eloquent tact and subtlety. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Torricelli compared the weight and pressure of the air to the weight and pressure of water. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When the horse felt the pressure let up on his snout and heard Anya’s encouragement to go, he sprang forward, hooves ripping up the grass and throwing clods of dirt behind him. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Farmer takes the wife’s blood pressure, too, at her request—her numbers are high as well. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z For example, if an oxygen tank sprang a leak, the oxygen pressure gauge in the simulator would decrease, giving you a clue as to what had gone wrong. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Dr. Bates tried to sell her his iron pills and told her straight out that that tea of hers would raise her blood pressure and burst her heart. Seedfolks 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Look. I didn’t want to get all loud and mad. I’ve just—just been under a lot of pressure from everyone, and I need a break.” Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z “If we called it hanging out or something, there’d be so much less pressure. But a date, God, that’s like some huge thing to live up to.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z I breathe out, and the pressure is still there. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z By the time I join the others, the pressure of Peeta's arm around my shoulders feels alien. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z The badge wearers began to put pressure on the other children too. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z When my tender skin has toughened enough to withstand the pressure of sheets, more visitors arrive. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z The silence was building like pressure in their ears. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z I picked up a swan, feeling its soft shape give under pressure from my fingers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Some men, under the pressure of incarceration, showed true mettle, while others revealed themselves as less than what they had appeared to be. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z I feel everything at once: her thumb tracing my cheekbones, the quiet pressure of her lips. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z She grabbed his hand and squeezed it, telling him in the pressure of her fingers that she wanted him. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z Just as I would fall asleep, I’d wake again with the intense pressure and pain. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z The shower’s shortage of water pressure and low showerhead made it all but useless for showering, but it worked great as a smoke screen. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z “Gramps thinks that he somehow exerted pressure on me to change my life.” If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z It was seawater that had been lifted up into the center of the hurricane by the low pressure. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z A white kid would have cracked under the pressure that Andy went through. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He told her she needed to educate herself, learn the warning signs, know how to bring down her blood pressure and control her blood sugar. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z ‘It’s a new area of high pressure,’ I said. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the war, she persistently told herself, it was the prison of camp life, the pressures of the times, their exile from home, that explained his distance. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z I sit on the chair next to her desk and let her take my temperature and blood pressure. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z With a complete loss of pressure, most of the water boiled off. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “It put a lot of psychological pressure on him,” a team member later said. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Dimple felt the pressure on the top of her head and along her spine. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z What we were after, I said, was some kind of steel for our nozzles that could withstand heat, pressure, and oxidation. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The rosary was there, a cold pressure against his skin, when Mr. Richard came some days later. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The chief testified to his belief in the innate goodness of man and how moral persuasion plus economic pressure could well lead to a change of heart on the part of white South Africans. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z They strutted through the school and around the campus exerting pressure on the lower grades. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z “That’s normal. You’ve had no resistance or pressure on that leg for quite some time now, so even when it’s perfect, patients still say it feels long.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z These correlations suggest strongly that regional population size or population density or population pressure has something to do with the formation of complex societies. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z She reached out and playfully pinched the skin of his neck, a gentle pressure between her fingers. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z “Setting the wrong example for your grands. Showing them they don’t have to live up to their word. Being disrespectful to your own mother. Raising my pressure.” Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z My guess is pockets of ice formed around some of the bacteria, leaving a bubble of survivable pressure inside, and the cold wasn't quite enough to kill them. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe they could help?...or your kind and loving mom and dad could please help me if possible please, I wrote to finish the sentence and hopefully take the pressure off my dear friend. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Their faces were pink, puffy squares cut off at the brows, their pores enlarged from the pressure of their tightly bound habits. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z The College Board caved in to his pressure and retroactively gave credit to all the students who had identified her as incorrect. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z A strong container, however, would contain the pressure until it reached true destructive potential. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But could they handle the pressure of playing in a hot and hostile environment where thousands drenched from head to toe in Maverick red would be screaming for their heads? Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Then my eyes blurred for a while, and the pressure in my chest lifted just enough that I could swallow down the rest of the words and keep them to myself a little longer. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z Mom keeps pressuring me to spend more time with her, but Kaylee’s only thirteen. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z Aden and me, we could feel that take the pressure off our arms. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The Prince made a crablike step sidewise, then another, then darted forward, spun the great beast into his arms, began applying pressure to the spine. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They know that the pressures at the center of the Earth are sufficiently high–something over three million times those found at the surface–to turn any rock there solid. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z He hadn’t gotten it very far when water pressure suddenly dropped and only a trickle of liquid came from the hose. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z The pressure of the water blew a hole in my sweater. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Anya put her hands over her face and cried, pausing only when she felt light pressure on her thigh. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z “Let’s hire that lawyer and let’s apply pressure. But let’s not say anything negative about the team’s plan to raise money. They’re just trying to help.” The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z The flight was over, and I was ready to get out of that pressure suit. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The Pioneer Press quotes Secretary of HUD Andrew Cuomo ruing the “cruel irony” that prosperity is shrinking the stock of affordable housing nationwide: “The stronger the economy, the stronger the upward pressure on rents.” Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z “Understood. And you haven’t told anybody but me about this whole thing, right? So there’s really no pressure to figure anything out. Can you drop it?” Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z I press a button, ripped from a coat, over the wound to divert direct pressure. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Harris argued that the top-down influence of parents is overwhelmed by the grassroots effect of peer pressure, the blunt force applied each day by friends and schoolmates. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z I had been diagnosed back in the Fort with high blood pressure and had been given certain pills. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He told us about being pressured by the sheriff and the ABI and threatened with the death penalty if he didn't testify against McMillian. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She closed her eyes and tried to fight the nausea, the pressure pushing against all of her body now, against her arms and legs and belly, pressing into her back and shoulders and neck. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z She won a full scholarship by writing an essay on the pressure of writing an essay. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z I remember one time there was a competition between three different types of pressure suit, to see which one would be selected for the Apollo flights. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Erin asks me, because she feels pressured to repeat. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The public pressure on the Howard barn was enormous. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The pressure now was almost lifting me off my feet. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z The government rarely needed Riverbank anymore, so Fabyan pressured her to return to the Shakespeare project. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But time pressures inevitably curtail my literary investigations. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Four eyes in two hulking bodies; they put me in a pressure cooker. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z And maybe it’s not the evil peer pressure my parents worry about after all. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z Virgil applied more pressure and said, “Why is it, Bull, that I’m always about five steps ahead of you?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z I pushed away from the Gemini gently, hoping that my right and left hand had each exerted exactly the same pressure, so that I wouldn’t twist sideways. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z It took time—and continual pressure from reformers—to implement the plan. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z Boyle’s law provided a theoretical account of how pressure could be used to produce powerful force, if one could only find a way of harnessing that force for a useful purpose. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z This counteracts the immense pressure on the bottom of the dam. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But Uncle Willie was suffering under our father’s bombastic pressure, and in mother-bird fashion Momma was more concerned with her crippled offspring than the one who could fly away from the nest. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z A tooth fell away beneath the pressure of his thumb, and I heard him grumbling as he placed the plate in his mouth. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z She turned down the cover and pressed the blunt end of the ivory against Faye’s flabby breast with a steady, increasing pressure until the sleeping woman whined and writhed. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z “This container is designed to keep the agent cold and under pressure. Be mindful while it remains in the workshop. Avoid excessive heat in its immediate vicinity.” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z “No pressure or anything,” Hena jokes as she pokes me in my side. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z An appeal would forestall international pressure to release us. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z At this stage Bragg had blown his top and, with his blood pressure all too high, returned home presumably to tell his wife about the latest antics of their problem child. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Those that had felt the lowering pressure of the storm, before Frightful and Drum had felt them, had flown west to get around it. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z That's great, but having seen the fragile nature of my handiwork, I wanted a good long test of the pressure seal. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z His party was pressuring him for the mayoral race. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z He was one of the best teachers in the school, dedicated and lively, but because of the legitimate pressures of preparing for a crucial game, he did not have time to go to class. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z “No, it must be very pleasant to be free from all this doubt and pressure,” insisted Major Danby. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z She felt so light around them, as if the eyes of others had a heft and a pressure that she couldn’t comprehend until the pressure was gone. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z The jockey lived hard and lean and tended to die young, trampled under the hooves of horses or imploding from the pressures of his vocation. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z It oozed up, and I shuddered as a familiar pressure gathered around my shoulder blades. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Just as suddenly, the pressure eased, and the blackness exploded into blinding white light. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z I think you should have your blood pressure checked because you got a lot of stress and your nose bleeds. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “You’re right. I shouldn’t be corrupting you on our first date. Seriously, no worries. And no pressure. I enjoy a glass of wine with dinner once in a while, that’s all.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z The fiasco placed heavy pressure on Lawrence, whose outwardly sunny disposition concealed how close he had been brought to physical collapse by the weight of his responsibilities and the strain of constant traveling. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z But he also felt pressure in his chest. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z She felt the pressure of him on her shoulders, the plane of his cheek on the top of her head, his hands holding hers. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z With his hands in tight fists, he closed his eyes and shook his head back and forth, trying to clear the anger and pressure from his mind. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z Ever since then, whenever I get nervous or feel any kind of pressure, I two-piece the hell out of the shower water, pretending I'm in a real fight. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z He used them to put pressure on racing officials and owners he couldn’t influence with charm alone. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite considerable pressure from the Federalists in Congress and mounting war fever in the wake of the XYZ revelations, Adams held out hope for reconciliation based primarily on these reports. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z He got to football practice, where the demands and pressures were ceaseless the second he stepped on the field. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z In a 2005 poll by The New York Times, fully 81 percent of Americans said they had felt social pressure to buy high-priced goods. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z The third reason has to do with population pressure within the spider mite colonies. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Now the pressure comes from our biologic success as a species. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z “These are our podiums, but no pressure. You don’t have to sing.” The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z My shoulder is aching and my arm is starting to go to sleep from the pressure of the clump of paper in my armpit. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Michael Fish said the area of low pressure moving over the British Isles is coming from the Urals. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z This story is about a school experiment that shows how peer pressure can get out of hand. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I recalled his leadership as we marched down the streets of Birmingham that May in 1963, when the pressure from the firefighters’ water hose had torn off part of my hair. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The captain considers this, then chooses to vent the pressure of his fury by safely releasing it in another gale-force sigh. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z When a severe selection pressure is applied—a rise in temperature or a sharp restriction of nutrients—organisms with the “fittest” phenotype are selected. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The pressure of his hard and tight little fingers was still in Sula’s palms as she stood looking at the closed place in the water. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Despite the pressures, though, the President did not remove General Grant. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z He looks back at us, the pressure getting to him. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Confusion, panic, and incoherent speech are all symptoms of extremely high blood pressure and blood sugar, which can lead to heart attack and stroke. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z I know that stories like this are true because I’ve experienced peer pressure myself. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “Yeah, or spend all your time in the gym. All I’m saying is that it’s the same thing for guys. We got that pressure too.” Watch Us Rise 2019-02-12T00:00:00Z “I’ll be pressuring them to have some kind of schoolwide discussion on diversity and the dangers of hate speech like this.” Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “Mr. Reilly, I don’t want to pressure you,” Mr. Gonzalez said cautiously, “but I do notice that you have quite a pile of material on your desk that hasn’t been filed yet.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Holmes was, however, beginning to feel mounting pressure from creditors, in particular from several furniture and bicycle dealers. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Some two or three times farther from the Sun than Pluto is, the pressure of the interstellar protons and electrons becomes greater than the minuscule pressure there exerted by the solar wind. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But Dasch was nervous and, as the leader, he felt a lot of pressure. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z So the heat added to the pressure, and the transformation of hydrogen and oxygen into water brought it back down again. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z He and his people were out there, marching, demonstrating, picketing, putting pressure on the government. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z He and his old wife cheesed at me one more time and wandered over to a purple health-department booth where the staff were taking people’s blood pressure. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z The valves leading to the now- missing hoses had detected the sudden pressure drop and closed. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Thankfully, since her part was so minuscule in that song, Dimple didn’t have the intense pressure that Rishi had on him. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z That almost everyone, in the end, fell in line is something that we would normally credit to peer pressure. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Though inmates still tested and tried to intimidate me on V, they did so without knowing that after the pressures of working R-and-W, I felt almost impervious to their lesser demands. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Surprised by my good fortune, I put myself at the front of the line and become the first to get my blood pressure and pulse taken. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z The pressure lessened as, instant by instant, the colossal weight lifted. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z In a desperate attempt to keep the pressure off the ship, Shackleton ordered some of the men over the side to hack away at the floes, with the axes, and picks. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z “I feel like you're pressuring me. I told you I didn't want to go inside, and now you're making me feel bad about it,” I say. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z Q: What is the best way to relieve earaches caused by changes in cabin pressure? Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He touched the sharp blade to the throat, just touched it, as if expecting the knife to cut the white flesh of itself, as if he did not have to put pressure behind it. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z My arm was bruised and numb from the pressure of her fingers. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I feel the pressure of his palm even after he’s gone. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He was turning red and then—that high blood pressure we hadn’t mentioned—almost purple. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Then I hooked it up to the feed lines that led through the "balloon" to the inside of the trailer's pressure vessel. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z That took the pressure out of Leo’s pistons. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z Some of the pressure to find work comes directly from the criminal justice system. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Hygeia’s McElroy, under mounting pressure from Burnham, turned to desperate measures. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z In the darkness, the pressure of his fingers seemed like the only real thing in the world, and if she let go, all the pieces of her would scatter, spinning wildly into the black. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z I try to hold it together, because leadership requires at least a pretense of grace under pressure. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z His touch was so light I wanted to push my head toward him, to feel the pressure of his hand. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z He doesn’t need the pressure of it, because he has been through the misery of it before. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z I got that out and hooked that up so that there wouldn’t be as much pressure on the other pumps and there would be a backup if it was to be needed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The faint ache in her lower jaw, the pressure of his widespread hands on her head, excited her, and afterward she said, “Goodness, Ugwu must have seen us.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The computer reported no change in pressure over that time, other than a minor fluctuation based on temperature. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “At any rate,” Hercules said, “if you’re Jupiter’s son, you might understand. It’s a lot of pressure. Enough is never enough. Eventually it can make a guy snap.” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z Political opponents would attack him for flinching under pressure. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z Yet, perversely, pressure is growing in some quarters to reduce the number of shelters to discourage what is seen—amazingly to me—as overuse of the trail. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z I hope to become a pilot so I can escape the pressures of my life and rise above all the tension that surrounds me. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z Qendrim ordered his defense to move farther up the field; he wanted to keep the pressure on. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z The pressure and length of her strokes steadily increase with his talk, which is now Korean. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z “If my pressure don’t kill me, these children will.” P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z Numbers from manometers, measuring the pressures distributed along a wing. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Her letter failed because she couldn’t conceive of the profundity of your problem—she couldn’t fathom the pressures brought to bear upon you because of environment, intellectual frustration and a growing tendency toward isolationism. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z They laid a platform four feet square and loaded it with iron to a pressure of 2,750 pounds per square foot, twenty-two tons in all. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Fuchs continued to deny everything, though the pressure was getting to him. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The country became very clear and the feeling of pressure in my head seemed to loosen. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z The pressure to surrender was greater every day. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z As pressure builds inside the skull, motor and mental skills deteriorate with alarming speed—typically within a few hours or less— and often without the victim even noticing the change. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z All these ideas are whirling around my brain, building up the pressure until my skull starts to crumble. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z I have two pressure vessels: the rover and the trailer. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Perhaps, the pressures of everyday stress and strain had gotten her down. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Suzanne had felt some pressure from her parents to pursue medicine though eventually gave up on it, finding that it messed with her joy. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z I’m sure my blood pressure is through the roof in this moment. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I later learned the intense water pressure from one of those hoses could knock the bark off a tree seventy-five feet away. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “No pressure, but if you pull this off, you are going to be my hero forever.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z As the pressure grew, Johnson’s angry outbursts became more frequent. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Usually, however, it stayed on all night, and in the morning my gums would be sore from the pressure on my teeth. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z ‘There must be some kind of mechanism ... a pressure plate, a proximity alarm.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z That pressure has given way, in the case of the subsequent generation, to American common sense. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z In under one hundred milliseconds, the massive combustion pressure burst the container, and the resulting explosion ripped the airlock door to shreds. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z For a second he worried that the door swung inward and that he would never be able to drag the thing open against the pressure of oil holding it closed — The door blew open. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z When the pressure is greatest and the game is on the line, how well does he perform? Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It wasn’t until Moss felt pressure on his hand that he came back to himself, and he turned to find Bits by his side. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z The door was stiff and it was heavy, and she could not get a good enough grip on either it or the cage wall to exert much pressure. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z But thinking that way puts pressure on my chest. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z The unopposed pressure launched the airlock like a cannonball as the Hab's atmosphere explosively escaped through the breach. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z On the nightstand is a glass for her false teeth and blood pressure pills, cod-liver oil, and rosemary leaves. Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z Has he flipped, finally cracked under the pressure of being smarter than everyone? Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z Inside me, in my chest, I felt a terrible squeezing pressure. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z But one day, when we were under constant pressure, we were whispering suggestions to him every few seconds. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Our people continued to lose their jobs, their businesses, and their homes as pressure was exerted to convince them to talk us into voluntarily withdrawing from Central High. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z A simple example of air pressure is the air gun, called in the seventeenth century ‘the wind-gun’. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z We suspected his previous independence had brought down the wrath of the government and pressure had been applied. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Rishi held his arms open, and Dimple, giving in to peer pressure in spite of every instinct screaming at her not to, leaped into his arms. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Under the pressure of his hands, a slab of wood popped out from the wall. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z They get all excited, tell me stuff like how her cells helped make my blood pressure medicines and antidepression pills and how all this important stuff in science happen cause of her. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z A pillow molded itself under my head, and my body floated, without pressure, between thin sheets. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z But even as she thought that, Hannah felt a panic pressure in her chest. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z "Airlock pressure to one hundred percent," Beck reported. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “I feel Lucy is holding back. I know she’s new to public school. There are enormous pressures.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z In fact, Durham was reacting to a host of local, national, and even international pressures that made change inevitable. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z But his muscles relaxed a trifle beneath my pressure and I breathed, "Seven?" Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z Bobby had taught himself, after years of practice, to budget his time and he hardly ever drifted into time pressure. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z For one thing, he hated feeling pressure to buy something. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z It felt good to grab him, to anticipate the warm pressure of his rising and falling chest. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z That took too much time, especially when a player faced time pressure and every second counted. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z The Detroit experience has been repeated in many other communities as pressure has mounted to combat the Japanese beetle with chemicals. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z “She knew that I wanted to move away from harsh lights, and loud noises, and pressure, and smells.” A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Following the implications of the Maya fall, he asked, 'Are contemporary societies any better at controlling the drive toward ever greater use of resources and heavier pressure on the environment? 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z “How are you holding up? This is a lot of pressure. Being on TV. Helping the Pentagon. Working with the FBI. You’re still only twelve, hon.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “I am under a lot of pressure right now. Speaking of which, I see that the squirrel is typing. On my typewriter. Where I write.” Flora & Ulysses: The Illuminated Adventures 2013-09-24T00:00:00Z And it was building pressure like a boil. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z That didn’t last long—there was too much pressure to act otherwise—but it gave us an excuse to be a little more reserved than we’d been in the Capitol. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Reacting to pressure to hire more blacks, the Durham Merchants Association, unveiled in February 1968 an ambitious program to train fifteen young blacks for business positions. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Many people had put off their visits in the expectation that the nation’s worsening economic crisis and pressure from Congress eventually would compel the railroads to reduce their Chicago fares. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Mda believed the Youth League should function as an internal pressure group, a militant nationalistic wing within the ANC as a whole that would propel the organization into a new era. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Hazelwood’s Mills takes it down, under full- court pressure, and—no—he’s fouled on the shot and will go to the line for two. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But the pressure of that...whatever it was still sat on my chest and locked my mouth. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Once arrested, defendants are generally denied meaningful legal representation and pressured to plead guilty whether they are or not. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z Half an hour later, Charlie told me that my asking him about the tree every five minutes was pressuring him, so he asked me to leave him alone for a week. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z We were all waiting for the atmospheric pressure to return to normal. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z It is claimed that you can teach your kidneys to change the rate of urine formation, raise or lower your blood pressure, change your heart rate, write different brain waves, at will. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Since the police chief was getting pressure to stop the incidents, Officer Delinko knew that catching the vandals would be a feather in his cap—and possibly the first step toward a promotion. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z The pressure in your inner ears drops so fast, you black out. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z These would convert the hydrogen into more helium, and the heat given off would raise the pressure, and so stop the clouds from contracting any further. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z I was overwhelmed by the pressure of choosing where to sit. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z “Right here?” he asked and exerted a little pressure on the small of her back. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z I know Ma will remind her to take her blood pressure pill. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z The slightest pressure with her legs, the lightest touch on the reins, and the filly responded. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I think back to all the times I’ve heard Grandma nag at him about his blood pressure and not eating too much salt. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z “And,” he said, as heroically as he could under pressure, “I owe it all to Riverview Middle School! The best middle school in the city, maybe the world! Gooooo, Pirates!” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z “Eighty-two degrees. Moderate humidity. Decent barometric pressure, which is good. Winds out of the east at only about six miles per hour. Quiet day,” I say. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z To this end, Orff created frameworks or pathways to help children experiment without pressure or stress. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z For a start, Newcomen could not have devised his engine without knowing about the pressure of the atmosphere, since this provides its driving force. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I wonder how long it will last before the pressure rips it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Finally, they rounded a bend, and Pong’s ears popped from the pressure change. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Now that he’s not so perfect after all, the pressures on me. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z The rest of the crew would have seen the pressure in my suit drop to nearly zero, followed immediately by my bio-signs going flat. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There was a hallway, a living room downstairs, and a kitchen in which he showed her pots and pans and a pressure cooker and a kerosene ishtop. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z The air is wavery, filled with light, overfilled; I can hear the pressure of it against my eyes. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z I could feel that she was putting pressure on it, and that she didn’t need to stand with all her weight because I was there. Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z Next they test the stability of the stairs under pressure, and rehearse running up and down them. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Alex could feel the pressure in his ears as the elevator rose higher and higher. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He had told everyone that his father was the igwe of his hometown, and had sent him to Lagos to live with an uncle until he turned twenty-one, to avoid the pressures of princely life. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z I guess we’d done so many pressure sets in training all week that at some point my body went on autopilot. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z You know these Afrikaners, pressure only makes them more stubborn, more fearful of change. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z “I’ll go in,” Mom says, without pressuring me or Dad to go with her. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z Perhaps a few moralists were disappointed that it was economics and not ethics that triumphed over racist ideology, but clearly economic pressure achieved better results than black appeals to white morality. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Rapprochement’ In the middle of Scrabble the nurse comes in to take your blood pressure for the third time today. Booked 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z Free of any pressure from the White House, King gathered his thoughts and prayed for guidance. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z She increased the pressure of the water and cleansed the bowl briefly but thoroughly with one hand. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z He also told us that the pressure from the hoses had been known to break legs in the past. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Exposed to too much heat or pressure, the stuff would explode with devastating impact, and of course it was deadly to demigods as well as monsters. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z "I don't know," I said, realizing that I could feel nothing beyond the pressure around my head and the tender surface of my body. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z The woman put her arm around Ash, and Ash dropped her head onto her mother’s shoulder and felt the pressure of her mother’s chin on her forehead. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z But the pressure was too weak, so that instead the water slid soundlessly down the underside of the shell where opportunistic slime hung in dripping points, like stalactites in a limestone cave. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z Nothing challenged the totality of my personality so much as this pressure of hate and threat that stemmed from the invisible whites. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z All you need is the evidence of the ECG, blood pressure, fluid in the lungs, and unstable angina. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z It depleted most of the N2 tank but was finally able to bring up the pressure. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Well, let's forget about that,” she said, “or I shall get overexcited. My blood pressure's much too high as it is.” Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z The pressure curls around me like the serpent on Princess Sabine's emblem. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Though I had fled the pressure of the South, my outward conduct had not changed. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z She finally cannot stand the pressure of the guilt, and she kills herself. Tears of a Tiger 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z “But—but—but—but—” Swastika Guy might be great at holding up under pressure; I’m pure mush. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z If he was found guilty of capturing a Sun Maiden’s heart, he would be hung from his feet until the blood rushing to his head made it burst from the pressure.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z Mama told Jaja and me often to remember to hug Papa tighter, to let him know we were there, because he was under so much pressure. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z Their gentle pressure erases the past few months, and I am the girl who sat on the rocks next to the chasm, with river spray on her ankles, and kissed him for the first time. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “I sort of thought Ernest buckled under to pressure that he shouldn’t have,” he recounted later. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Then, through the sheet, I felt a slight, annoying pressure on my leg. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z As we passed over the dark bridge her wan face fell lazily against my coat's shoulder and the formidable stroke of thirty died away with the reassuring pressure of her hand. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z With a one-hour program to write, rehearse, and perform every seven days, Welles and Houseman were under—in Houseman’s words—“conditions of soul- and health-destroying pressure.” Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z “We need to see how the powder acts under pressure,” Quentin said. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z The vicious and easily identifiable demons that had haunted black Americans for three centuries were shape-shifting as segregation began to yield under pressure from social and legal forces. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z Eventually a nurse led me to a small white room where she weighed me, took my blood pressure, and swabbed my tongue. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He felt the emptiness to his left like a pressure, a coolness, the coming of winter. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z Cry ‘Common good’ and put on the pressure—arrest and execute a few.” Grendel 1971-01-01T00:00:00Z A pounding started up in my ears, as if my blood pressure had shot up above normal, which is what Mum says happens to her when Kat drives her distracted. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z He obeyed its pressure without really thinking about it. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The engine is simple because, like Papin’s first steam engine of 1690, it consists of a single cylinder powered by atmospheric pressure only. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z He pressured and bullied other teenagers into acting like modern-day Nazis. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z I am following along, but with each step, the pressure builds. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z The dome of the Hab is mostly supported by air pressure, but there are flexible reinforcing poles across the inside to hold up the canvas. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z But of course I have not seen Mr Eden in recent years, and he may have been much changed by pressures. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The longtime champion often lapsed into time pressure, barely making the control. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z “I’m making an analogy to the Casimir effect, where you can push plates together with a noticeable radiation pressure from the vacuum,’’ he says. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z The sky rumbled, and there was an oppressive weight to the air, a sullen, foreboding pressure, as if it were waiting for something. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z A can of a mothproofing material containing DDD, for example, carries in very fine print the warning that its contents are under pressure and that it may burst if exposed to heat or open flame. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z Her fingers hit a pressure point and the girl screamed in pain. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z In the end, a large national association stepped in and put pressure on the school district to let him attend. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z You wake up and you’ve immediately got a blood pressure gauge around your arm and somebody taking your pulse. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z I took him out and stayed with him, but he could not relieve the pressure. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z It was the first pass Winchell had completed the second half, and it eased the pressure a little. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z This was perhaps his own way of acknowledging the pressure. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Speaking over the concussions of the exploding shells so close that the pressure in the air made it hard to breathe. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z The packing industry was under the same pressure. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z The nurse—short with curly hair and a clownish face—reaches to the hooks behind her and unfurls a blood pressure gauge. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z And then Stalin kept up the pressure—” But I don’t care what points I made in the interviews, it practically never got printed the way I said it. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z Students in the audience lean forward, absorbed, maybe asking themselves if they would have taken such risks, and wondering how they would have held up under such pressure. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z Open bodies of liquid water are impossible today because the atmospheric pressure on Mars is too low to keep even cold water from rapidly boiling. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Already, we were beginning to experience the pressures of a national campaign. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z But she has heart disease and high blood pressure now and takes medication for both. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z In 1680 Huygens came up with an alternative way of harnessing atmospheric pressure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z I feel the pressure increase on my right wrist until my hand is forced to open and I release the syringe. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z His situation was a little different: he was studying pressure in fluids in order to understand how the weight of air supports a column of mercury in a barometer. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z And then there’s the growing pressure in my head. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z “I don’t know. I wouldn’t want to be sick all my life. I’d much rather be pressured. He’s a nice kid, though.” The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z After rain she could slide, standing on one foot, down the steep muddy path and stop herself at any point by pressure on her heel or toes. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z The campaign's high visibility put pressure on the Ministerial Alliance to back the effort. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z “We need to make a plan. How are we breathing? If we’re under the ocean, shouldn’t we be crushed by the water pressure?” The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I tried to pull in a breath, but there was growing pressure. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z But six of the laughing brown men slid out on the bamboo logs on the windward side, and their weight balanced the huge sail against the pressure of the wind. Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z Cooter’s ear was getting wound up so tight that he started dancing on one leg trying to get some of the pressure off it. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z My parents started pressuring me to tell Mrs. Galley about the Dream, which I just didn’t want to do. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z Life had become quiet and peaceful, and I felt like hundreds of pounds of pressure had been lifted from my shoulders. Lawn Boy Returns 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z But the pressure of it all was worth it, because the worry on Maddy's face unwound. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I pick up my screw gun and drive screws with my left hand, but the pressure is uneven, and with my weight gathered on one foot, my balance is poor. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z A Primus is a little camping-stove that you fill with paraffin and you light it at the top and then you pump it to get pressure for the flame. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z She felt her muscles burn, her bones buckle under the pressure. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z The poison sacs of the town began to manufacture venom, and the town swelled and puffed with the pressure of it. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z In the silence that followed, Jonathan felt an intense, suffocating pressure in his chest. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z In tiny print below the letter, newspaper editors, under pressure from the FBI, the police, and a committee of museum directors, explained that they would not publish any more of the mysterious advertisements. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Instead, Howard cranked up the pressure by bringing in the press. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Under immense pressure, Powers managed to keep steady, gauging his answers carefully and burying his most important secrets deep inside. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z All was quiet until we reached the end chamber, and then the air pressure dropped and the temperature fell and the storm screamed into full-throated being. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z The words flew out, a thousand pounds of pressure behind them. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z I gasp as pressure and pain shoot up my leg. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z They went with the pot roast done in the pressure cooker along with the limp carrots and the flaccid potatoes and the onions with their slippery layers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z It wouldn’t really eliminate the need to make a decision, because the closer South Vietnam got to collapse, the more pressure there would be on the United States to intervene. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z In official games, the players step inside these booths to ensure that everything is exactly fair for both teams: equal temperature differences; air pressure; Link calibrations; connection to Warcross; and so on. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I pinch the bridge of my nose to relieve some of the pressure in my head. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z We had to find a way around it, especially when they started putting pressure on Mom at work.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z There was something in the action, and in the light pressure of Biddy’s wedding-ring, that had a very pretty eloquence in it. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z At the pressure of her fingers, a comforting warmth filled Taran’s aching body. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z He wishes his parents could simply accept her, as her family accepts him, without pressure of any kind. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z As far as we can tell, changes in social patterns, the invention of new technologies and the settlement of alien habitats resulted from genetic mutations and environmental pressures more than from cultural initiatives. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Could my thoughts be magnified in the heat and pressure of the earth and come out the other side as an earthquake? Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z His emotions could not withstand the weight of the moral pressure. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z Venus has a very dense but unbreathable atmosphere, and a human on its surface would be crushed by the pressure. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z In response to his vigilance and pressure, my sisters grew increasingly defensive and self-conscious. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z That odd feeling he knows to be a dip in air pressure. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The weight of the outer layers of the star is now supported by the high temperatures and pressures generated in the interior nuclear reactions. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, with a solid suit capable of holding pressure, refilling the tanks was a breeze. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z “Mercer Day’s number two is a tenacious defender! It is going to be hard to get the ball to Majidi under that kind of pressure.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z I know, we came up here to get away from things— politics, the atom bomb, war, pressure groups, prejudice, laws—I know. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z If the prospect of this flattening—and all of the pressures, dislocations, and opportunities accompanying it—makes you uneasy about the future, you are neither wrong nor alone. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z Having started my career as a wire service reporter with United Press International, I have enormous sympathy with wire service reporters and the pressures, both professional and financial, under which they toil. The World Is Flat 2005-04-05T00:00:00Z After a few moments my back began to ache with the pressure of supporting her weight and my own. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Klein studied nurses, intensive care units, firefighters, and other people who make decisions under pressure, and one of his conclusions is that when experts make decisions, they don’t logically and systematically compare all available options. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z There was a point of pressure against my head. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z I relented and let him take my arm, finding pleasure in the pressure of his hand. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z The stairs complained loudly at the slightest pressure, an efficient alarm. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z Steam in a confined space could also be used to create pressure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “The weather. Food. If the water pressure is too high.” Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z His fingers were so cold that he could not tell how much pressure he was putting behind the trigger. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z The verb vulcanize means “to strengthen a material such as rubber by combining it with sulfur and then applying heat and pressure.” The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z And that the pressure of being friends with Auggie had made him snap and turn into an angry maniac. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z If vision is caused by the pressure of this invisible fluid on the eyes, it would be possible to see in the dark by running fast enough! The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z There was something Tiara knew how to do: keep her composure under pressure. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z “Movie night or Honor Pictionary or Book Club?” my mom asks while inflating a blood pressure cuff around my arm. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z He checked Kazi from head to toe, listened to his heartbeat, measured his blood pressure. The Night Diary 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z He could still feel the pressure of Claudia’s hand over his mouth. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z Smith saw the bucked knees, the insistent pressure of ribs under skin, the weariness of the body. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z Then, too, if I were a Negro, I would not be pressured by my mother to find a good job, for no good jobs would be available. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Maya was about to do something, say something, anything to release the pressure that she felt exploding in her chest, when suddenly Joaquin was up and moving so fast that no one saw him coming. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z It was a small relief that I eventually stopped feeling my skin and stomach and head, could sense nothing more than the distant pressure of the ground against my feet. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z My blood pressure is so high my entire body buzzes like the fluorescent lights above me. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z He was lowered slowly back to the concrete, and the pressure around his neck was gone. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z “Sorry, it’s all I’ve got. Anyway, potassium chlorate is unstable under heat and pressure. It's too dangerous for rocket fuel. What do your parents think about the BCMA?” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z “Outdoor work, no supervision. The only pressure is on the feet.” A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She was a committed pacifist, but she was receiving pressure from constituents who wanted her to support the president’s call to arms. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z Harry had deliberately left the trial of the Keepers until last, hoping for an emptier stadium and less pressure on all concerned. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z She’s too weak-willed and passive to suit me; she lets herself be swayed by others and always backs down under pressure. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z In the 1930s, the pressure on you to belong as a young Soviet was probably the most overwhelming pressure of your life. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z His story at trial was so implausible that it was easy to believe that he had been pressured to testify falsely. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z She did not open them again until a slight pressure on her upper arm told her that she might look again. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z Do African Americans want to pressure Obama on any issue, let alone issues of race? The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z This time they would not be pressured into starting. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z I buried my face in my pillow, seriously doubting that the pressure I was feeling would ever go away. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z It's been adding air to make up for the missing pressure. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of positive encouragement for Eliza, it seemed more like relentless pressure was placed upon her. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z There’s all this pressure, and I don’t know where to start—until I receive a message. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Frankie had had to learn to be calm under pressure—even when he felt like he was about to blow. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z I know from my own personal experience working as a team can bring a lot of pressure, especially when you are a star athlete. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z The pressure compartment is made of carbon composite. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Despite these pressures our love for each other and our devotion to our marriage grew and intensified. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Even as I spoke I worked to keep my hand steady so he never ceased to feel the pressure of the dagger’s point. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z Tobias takes my face in his hands roughly and kisses me, the pressure of his lips pushing mine apart. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z He could feel the pressure pounding in his ears as the darkness grew thicker and more oppressive. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I put this on myself as pressure, a driving need not to screw anything up. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z It was a whipping movement, an abrupt snap, and in a looping, swinging motion the Frog slipped back around and up and took the main force of the pressure wave from the tanker bow-on. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z Maybe you even gave in to societal pressures and got a nose job. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z It was a lot of pressure to be at the center of so much attention, especially when the stakes were so high for Muslims in the United States. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z The pressure on Palmer got even worse in the middle of October 1919, when the US Senate demanded to know why Palmer had not acted more aggressively to put an end to the Communist threat. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z He felt a rattling pressure of uncertainty, making his head splinter with pain. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z From a business standpoint, there was tremendous pressure on him to be successful. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z While important as emotional safety valves, such expressions did nothing to change outward circumstances and the pressure for change escalated. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z Olanna sat on the floor of the train with her knees drawn up to her chest and the warm sweaty pressure of bodies around her. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z Dimple wished she were a better liar under pressure, but she knew if she lied now, with no preparation, Mamma would instantly be able to tell, and then she’d just get even more unbearable. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z To my surprise, no one yelled at me, but I did pull a few stitches, blow up my blood pressure, and get a couple more days in the hospital under strict confinement to my room. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z I could feel his eyes on me as I carried them up to the kitchen, and I could still feel the pressure of his fingertips like a ring around my elbow. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z Then the weakened roots, having grown accustomed to the poison, responded one day to severe pressure, and the tooth fell free, leaving a ragged stump behind. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z These areas would show changes— like increases and decreases in blood flow—when study subjects were trying to focus on something, or when they were overwhelmed with information, putting intensified pressure on the attention networks. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Instead, the replacement entailed English-speaking immigrants’ killing most Indians by war, murder, and introduced diseases, and the surviving Indians’ being pressured into adopting English, the new majority language. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z Farmer kneels on the dirt floor and takes the man’s pulse and blood pressure, then puts a stethoscope to his chest. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z It was the women who put the pressure on. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z My blood pressure was that of a cold snake. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z She dropped his pulse, sending him into unconsciousness as she released the pressure on his larynx, allowing him to breathe. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I remember the soft pressure of his nose against my palm. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z I won't lie: knowing that he was on my heels like that, watching every step I took, definitely put the pressure on. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z I am sure that every last Anglo-Saxon of you has the courage to free these men in the face of that pressure. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z Without warning, coming as a complete and unex-pected shock, she felt a pressure she had never imagined, as though she were being completely flattened out by an enormous steam roller. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z There was so much pressure weighing down his arm, and he stole a glance at Javier’s mother. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z She gives me a nod, and as she slips a spoon into my hand, I feel the pressure of friendship. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z But they continued to work on Pike, to pressure him, and over time he began to reveal, little by little, a hidden dimension to the case. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z He had even threatened to impose economic sanctions to pressure Pretoria to end apartheid. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z "I thought there might be something to do. Something we-" Again die pressure of the assembly took his voice away. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z She says it’s clear I'm under a lot of pressure. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Hot shame flooded him as the scene in the car came back; he felt again the pressure of Jan’s fingers upon his hand. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z When a person is clearheaded, the frontal lobe becomes freed of the humming and buzz of external pressure. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z Added to this pressure cooker of Olympic preparation came the media. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z A conversation at the table always equaled a change in barometric pressure. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “I just meant to hold your tie. I never meant to apply pressure.” The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z No matter what culture or country you are from, there will always be pressure to remain silent, to never tell. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z The doors of the Slammer are kept locked, the air is kept under negative pressure, and your telephone calls are monitored—because people have emotional breakdowns in the Slammer and try to escape. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Day and night, the men listened to their sturdy ship resist the pressure of the ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z His blood pressure was surging, and inside his car coat his body began to drip with sweat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z So I do what I always do when my parents pressure me: I become silent. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z The women were cooking and I could smell onions frying already, could hear the phht-phht of a pressure cooker, music, laughter. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z Once the pressure is gone, I pull the canvas in and fold it. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z Celia listened some more and then laughed, the sound pressured and fake. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z Not that the pressures weren’t understandable to Testo; he knew, he said, that inmates were “the lowest of the low, the scum of the earth. And we have to be with them every day.” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I may have been bugging out, but I have to say Cap was totally cool under pressure. Schooled 2000-02-29T00:00:00Z For white dwarfs, the pressure of the electrons, stripped from their nuclei, holds the star up. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Air pressure is supplied by an electric motor that sucks air from the outside and passes it through virus filters and then injects it into the suit. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Winston’s working week was sixty hours, Julia’s was even longer, and their free days varied according to the pressure of work and did not often coincide. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z Yet he was under even greater pressure from his own people. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My brain people say: You will not be pressured. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z At the press of a button, the two wings would close on the car with a joint pressure of five hundred tons. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He let out a sigh that did nothing to relieve the pressure he felt on his lungs and heart. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z The pressure that had been building in my chest left no room to breathe. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z Each time his hand opened, Nok's eardrum flexed from the pressure change. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z It was a preposterous idea, illogical, and yet...she remembered the building pressure in her chest, followed by that brilliant sense of release. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z She stared at the phone, and then at the bills on her table, a tight, suffocating pressure rising inside her chest. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z One is of me and Mother, smiling our forced smiles; the other is of me wedged between my parents, looking squeezed, under pressure. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z They would have to perform under immense psychological pressure on the most prominent stage in the sport, in full view of the whole world. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z It consisted of a single piston, powered by the pressure of the atmosphere. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The “finger” had a curious air of reciting by rote, as if he answered questions by the mechanical pressure of his brain pan, but without any enthusiasm whatever. I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z The pressure and cold at that depth is dangerous. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z I think there was a lot of pressure put on her as well, and it didn’t come off in a positive way. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z I’ve never done well under pressure, so when I opened my mouth to answer, I said, ‘I don’t know,’ instead.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z The exact mark the type made on the page also depended on the amount of ink and pressure used. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z Charley was a really sick dog, and due to get sicker unless I could find some way to relieve the growing pressure. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z He was suffering from high blood pressure, and the court agreed to sit only in the mornings while he gave evidence. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z As the United States continued to apply pressure, South America tilted toward the Allies. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z The note Doomed again: and then at his firmer pressure, the note, fluking up an octave, became a strident blare more penetrating than before. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The only way to ease the pressure was to boost the total of paid admissions to far higher levels. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z A gentle breeze surrounded me, and I felt its pressure only, not its temperature. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z But instead of leaving, the tall one increased the pressure on her arm just above the elbow. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z A knot of pressure was building inside him to declare the love he felt. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z She pushed back against him, and he felt the pressure of her teeth and smelled the inside of her mouth. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z Political violence and international pressure continued to intensify. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z But now I looked back of them and felt the pinch and pressure of the environment that gave them their pitch and peculiar kind of being. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z He could almost rest, letting his toes cling to it, taking some of the pressure off his trembling fingers. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z I can feel the pressure of the Park Slope Stage Moms Who Try Not to Be Stage Moms from inside my room. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z As the room empties, the pressure to appear friendly lightens. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z No thundering from a pulpit, no condemnation from bad churches, no peer pressure, just a book of scripture quietly waiting to say hello, as gentle and powerful as a little girl’s kiss on your cheek. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z The water pressure wavered, its temperature spiking as someone in the next room over flushed the toilet. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z The pressure to plea-bargain and thereby “convict yourself” in exchange for some kind of leniency is not an accidental by-product of the mandatory-sentencing regime. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z When you press a button, it becomes a mini barometer, show- ing the air pressure. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z By sundown we’d filled dozens of Mason jars, which were set out in perfect rows, still warm from the pressure cooker. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Without warning, coming as a complete and unexpected shock, she felt a pressure she had never imagined, as though she were being completely flattened out by an enormous steam roller. A Wrinkle in Time 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z On the other hand, he was a Democrat, and he was getting pressure from the party to support ratification. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z The next step was to get dressed in our pressure suits and make sure the suits weren’t leaking. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The doctors would need to drill her head to relieve the pressure building in her skull. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z In the team meeting Gaines had told the players to ignore the pressure, to put out of their minds how much was at stake and how much the game meant to the people of Odessa. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z One employee brought a pressure gauge from the lab into a store to test the suction capabilities of a vacuum cleaner model. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z The more fiercely Nick struggled and clawed, the more pressure Julian applied, yet Nick refused to yield. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z Descartes knew all about this work—as we have mentioned, he suggested the idea of taking a barometer up a mountain to see how the pressure changed with altitude. The Scientists 2003-10-21T00:00:00Z He advised Bill Volt to put some pressure on the landlord to get the heating system fixed. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z My throat tightens and I cough to relieve the pressure. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z As I drew in gulps of cool night air, the crushing pressure on my throat slowly loosened. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Much later, Pascal drew upon Galileo’s work when studying pressures in liquids in order to understand how the air supports a column of mercury in a barometer. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z When she saw all that blood on the floor she took off her smock and put pressure on Blessington’s neck. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z But the pressure for an end to testing continued to mount. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z “With all the pressure lately, with the wedding, he says that it’s only natural that I should feel amputated.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Don’t forget: the pressure to conform was a matter of life and death in Stalin’s time. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Despite these pressures—or perhaps because of them—they threw themselves into giving a dinner party that no one would ever forget. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z But in the Soviet Union in the 1930s, the pressure to belong was literally a matter of life and death. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z Third, 100 percent oxygen would not be used on the launch pad, at full atmospheric pressure, but would be used only in orbit, at one- third atmospheric pressure. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Savery’s engine, and Papin’s second engine, needed to build up a high pressure in order to be effective but, in practice, boilers and cylinders could not be made that withstood such pressure. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z Jessica’s face looks like if she let out all that pressure, she’d fly into the air like a rocket to the moon. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z As the blood reached the site of the breach, the water in it quickly evaporated from the airflow and low pressure, leaving a gunky residue behind. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z There were only four plaintiffs now, since one of the women, Jeanette Reese, had dropped out under pressure from her employer. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z I'm still catching my breath, still feeling the pressure on my chest, definitely still holding the knife way out in front of me. The Knife of Never Letting Go 2008-05-05T00:00:00Z “The aneurysm gradually deteriorates due to the constant pressure of the blood passing through it.” Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The South African government was under growing international pressure, as nations all across the globe began to impose economic sanctions on Pretoria. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Blood flows freely from the wound, and reflexively Lincoln’s chest suddenly rises and falls as pressure is taken from his brain. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z It was helpful for the generation of the theoretical models which explained air pressure and the vacuum, even if those models were unacceptable to Descartes. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z All that night and the next day the pressure continued without letup. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z With searing heat, crushing pressures, noxious gases and everything suffused in an eerie, reddish glow, Venus seems less the goddess of love than the incarnation of hell. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Now, after messing up in Chicago, I sat in his office and tried to explain how much pressure I’d been feeling. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z To that end, I wonder if Jack's unexpectedly violent behavior might have been a result of too much pressure being placed on his young shoulders? Wonder 2012-02-14T00:00:00Z That was like going to the doctor’s office for a pain in your stomach and he starts by taking your blood pressure in your arm. Silent To The Bone 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “No. You had enough pressure in your suit to protect you the whole time.” The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Very soon, naturally, butlers up and down the country, under pressure from their employers, were focusing their minds on the question of silver-polishing. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He squeezed his hands together to put pressure on the cut. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z No one gets paid overtime at Wal- Mart, I’m told, though there’s often pressure to work it. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z The pressure woke me from a shallow sleep. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z I wince at the pressure on my wound. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Shackleton was in constant anxiety over continuing pressure in the ice. Shipwreck at the Bottom of the World 1998-11-17T00:00:00Z If I’d been the weatherman that morning, I would have said an area of low pressure was moving in from the west, with closely packed isobars and a chance of thunder. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z Dad acted as chaperone whenever the pressure of business permitted. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z One problem: The atmosphere is very thin—less than 1 percent of the pressure on Earth. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z With this new funding came intense political pressure for scientists to meet the president’s deadline. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z That was another big hurdle behind us, and none of us, we hoped, would need our pressure suits again. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Unlike his parents, they pressure her to do nothing, and yet she lives faithfully, happily, at their side. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Besides this, O-lan was again with child and the pressure of the larger child upon her from without was too painful to bear. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z That green, it is the color of pressure. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z As I stared at them, the pressure on my chest came back—the feeling from before. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z Further pressure on the lever sent the hay cart past its own point of balance. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z Ali never caved to the pressure to reject Islam or to fight in Vietnam, even with the threat of jail time and a suspended boxing license. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z "Everyone has their reservations, naturally. You being from the coal district. But I said, and this was very clever of me, I said, `Well, if you put enough pressure on coal it turns to pearls!'" The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z "Nice and smooth. Remember when you were closer, the pressure of your partner, knowing the steps, working and moving in unison." Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z I just know the one they put on my arm is for my blood pressure, but who, besides old people, even knows what blood pressure is? All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z There was a lot of pressure at school, so I had to surround myself with good people. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z “But,” Linda quickly added, “we’re fine with waiting if you need more time to think about it. We don’t want to pressure you at all, sweetheart.” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z When you fill it with pressure, it wants to become a sphere. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z In a soft voice she explained how he’d been under some pressure lately to join the other watermen in a protest against the state’s new crabbing regulations. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z The atmospheric pressure is so high, however, that we cannot see the surface. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, the Bimba cylinder provides the pneumatic pressure—” “I mean Tin Man,” he corrected. Ungifted 2012-08-21T00:00:00Z And the white noise generated by the experts—to say nothing of the pressure exerted by fellow parents—is so overwhelming that they can barely think for themselves. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z |
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