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Sentences ending with pressure

Yet, along with this, one is ever conscious of pressure. [9]
Bawling, climbing, goring, the great mass of steers on the inside wrestled in a crashing din, heaved and groaned under the pressure. [13]
We knew well that the matter was not so haphazard as it appeared, and on the way to Hanover Square Comyn more than once stepped on my toe, and I answered the pressure. [9]
I am more sorry than I can express that this letter of Mr. Clemens' should have reached you when you were struggling under such terrible pressure. [5]
For his decision not to leave Newport had had an opposite effect upon her than that she had anticipated; it had oddly relieved the pressure. [9]
His great power is in the low pressure. [4]
Unsuspected depths--pockets that held the steam, which was increasing in pressure. [9]
Would the Khedive have taken such a step unless under pressure? [11]
Her father, Leonax, had been one of the most distinguished artists of the day, and Barine had inherited from him the elastic artist temperament which speedily rebounds from the heaviest pressure. [10]
The many years during which I had practised the habit of caution began to exert an inhibiting pressure. [9]

More example sentences with the word pressure in them

The pressure of work, however, soon silenced the sense of uneasiness. [10]
As the days wore on, and I attended to my cases, I thought of Maude a great deal, and in those moments when the pressure of business was relaxed, she obsessed me. [9]
Blenker's division was withdrawn from you before you left here, and you knew the pressure under which I did it, and, as I thought, acquiesced in it certainly not without reluctance. [7]
In young persons whose heads have become fixed either sideways or backwards, owing to disease, one of the two eyes has changed its position, and the shape of the skull has been altered apparently by the pressure of the brain in a new direction. [1]
And no one who has not experienced that environment can have any conception of the pressure it exerted to stifle originality, to thrust the new generation into its religious and commercial moulds. [9]
I remarked afterward, when I chanced to shake hands with her, that her fingers enclosed one's hand; it was not a mere touch or pressure, but an unemotional and possessive clasp. [11]
Many of them were connected by blood with more fortunate parishioners, but economic pressure had scattered them throughout new neighbourhoods and suburbs. [9]
Prexaspes only too well understood what that pressure meant, when given by a royal hand, and murmured: "Poor Bartja! [10]
Under this pressure We thinned the line on the upper Potomac, until yesterday it was broken with heavy loss to us, and General Banks put in great peril, out of which he is not yet extricated, and may be actually captured. [7]
But something more was done under this pressure, something more than creation of a habit of physical exertion to productive ends. [4]
A mighty pressure was brought to bear to save him from the consequences of his forgery, and it was partially successful--he was "sent up" for only two years. [5]
The strongest pressure was between the peninsula of the Choma and the Sebasteum; for this afforded a view of the sea, and the first tidings must reach the residence of the Regent, which was connected with the palace. [10]
The gentle but unmistakable pressure of her hand he interpreted as the pinning on him of the badge of her faith. [9]
They fairly cracked under the pressure of the thumb, yet wheat rolls had been baked specially for the Nuremberg party. [10]
Frequently their sparring took the form of a serious discussion, which served a double purpose; first their minds, accustomed to serious thought, found exercise in spite of the murderous pressure of the burden of forced labor, and secondly, they were supposed really to be enemies. [10]
Fielding also ought to have a few days clear away from this constant pressure and fighting, and the sounds and the smells of death; but it could not be yet. [11]
The pressure got to be pretty strong. [5]
And so, yielding to a pressure which I could not understand, and yet found myself unable to resist, I promised to take a part in the new venture, as an occasional writer in the columns of the new magazine. [6]
At once she thought she saw the marks of pressure with a finger. [6]
She felt as though a heavy weight lay on her breast, and to relieve its intolerable pressure drew in her breath deeply. [9]
I knew all this would happen; I knew that ultimately the pressure would become so great that it would compel utterance; therefore, I must be ready with an answer at that time--an answer well chosen and tranquilizing. [5]
Unfortunately, just at this time the pressure of business allowed the Emperor little leisure to listen to the voice of the heart. [10]
But what is this in the morning journal, at breakfast?--"An area of low pressure is moving from the Tortugas north. [4]
The pressure in this direction is still upon me, and is increasing. [7]
The outside pressure, therefore, is immense upon the physician, tending to force him to active treatment of some kind. [3]
All the time the story was being told she sat upright, glancing now at her beautiful round arm, altered in shape by its pressure on the table, now at her still more beautiful bosom, on which she readjusted a diamond necklace. [2]
The motion of the small foot shod in a Tartar boot embroidered with silver, and the firm pressure of the lean sinewy hand, showed that the prince still possessed the tenacious endurance and vigor of hardy old age. [2]
She still felt the pressure of his hand, and heard his assurance that from no lips would he more gladly hear the name of Joshua than from hers. [10]
Once when resisting the pressure and the threats of war of a foreign diplomatist, he had, after a trying hour, written to Faith in a burst of passionate complaint, and his letter had ended with these words. [11]
The vanguard of the mob, thrust on by increasing pressure from behind, tumbled backward the thin cordon of police, drew nearer and nearer the bayonets, while the soldiers grimly held their ground. [9]
The effects of the mechanical pressure of one part on another; as of the pelvis on the cranium of the infant in the womb. [1]
The pressure within the fort, like a flood, opened the gates of it, despite the sturdily disapproving figure of a young man who stood silent under the sentry box, leaning on his Deckard. [9]
They were over the capstones of the windows,--to take off the pressure from them, no doubt, for now and then a capstone will crack under the weight of the superincumbent mass. [6]
The diplomatists think that their disagreements are the cause of this fresh pressure of natural forces; they anticipate war between their sovereigns; the position seems to them insoluble. [2]
We will apply that temptation in the form of a pressure of my finger. [5]
It was intolerable that she should be called to account for the people she chose to have in her house, that any sort of pressure should be brought to bear on her to confine her friends to Quicksands. [9]
They convinced her that it was a simple impossibility that Clement could come to Oxbow Village, on account of the great pressure of the work he had to keep him in the city, and the plans he must finish at any rate. [6]
She observed drily that he had needed little pressure, and that his eyes had lighted at the prospect of the combat. [11]
Honora had a strange feeling, as of pressure from within, that caused her to take deep breaths of the smoky air. [9]
The car was speeding over the smooth surface of the boulevard; the swift motion, which seemed to her like that of flying, the sparkling air, the brightness of the day, the pressure of Ditmar's shoulder against hers, thrilled her. [9]
That stone is smooth and polished, as if it had been somewhat worn by the pressure of human feet. [6]
She felt, as she listened, the pressure of his sincerity and force, and had to strive to prevent her thoughts from becoming confused. [9]
In the pause, she felt the Thing draw up towards her knees, dragging its body along with tiger-like closeness, and with that strange pressure which was not weight but power. [11]
Everything that public sentiment cares about is put into a Papin's digester, and boiled under high pressure till all is turned into one homogeneous pulp, and the very bones give up their jelly. [6]
Beyond question he seemed unutterably aloof from all knowledge of pressure being brought to bear upon her, absolutely guiltless of any connection with secret power over riders, with night journeys, with rustlers and stampedes of cattle. [13]
His Highness deeply regrets that the state of his health and pressure of business do not allow him to contribute personally, and as largely as he would be delighted to do, to your depicting of a friend whose memory will be ever dear to him. [6]
But in a rebellious state dissension is ruin, and the violence of an explosion in a strict ratio to the pressure on every inch of the containing surface. [6]
Unless pressure is put on him, unless some one takes him by the throat and says: If you don't relieve Claridge Pasha and the people with him, you will go to the crocodiles, Nahoum won't stir. [11]
He desires to pursue in detail the vast new discoveries of the astronomers, which even amid the pressure of duties he had explained to him. [10]
I do not pretend that I receive six hundred or even sixty letters a day, but I do receive a good many, and have told the public of the fact from time to time, under the pressure of their constantly increasing exertions. [6]
I returned his pressure, too much pleased to speak. [9]
He returned the pressure, and then searched his coat tails, found a handkerchief, and blew his nose violently. [9]
Jethro increased the pressure, and then Mr. [9]
You can bring pressure to bear on the city council to enforce and improve the building ordinances, you can organize a campaign of public opinion against certain property owners. [9]
A glance, a pressure of the hand, even the light touch of a garment, and the flame blazes, where such inflammable material lies ready. [10]
But with the pressure of his purpose driving him forward, he did not conceal from Miss Woodburn, at least, that he was eager to get her apart from the rest for some reason. [8]
Wait till low pressure joins it. [4]
Amid all the pressure and distress that the burdens of office brought upon him, his unfailing sense of humor saved him; probably it made it possible for him to live under the burden. [7]
I had been possessed by similar resolutions before, though none so strong, and they had a way of sinking below the surface of my consciousness, only to rise again and again until by sheer pressure they achieved realization. [9]
On the Bexar plains of Texas, among the hills of the Presidio, along the Rio Grande, low pressure is bred; it is nursed also in the Atchafalaya swamps of Louisiana; it moves by the way of Thibodeaux and Bonnet Carre. [4]
It got no pay, the treasury was getting empty, it was becoming impossible to feed it; under pressure of privation it began to fall apart and disperse--which pleased the trifling court exceedingly. [5]
No one came out of doors unless under pressure of business or piety. [10]
She singled him out in all this crush, her look, the cordial pressure of her hand, conveyed the feeling of comradeship and understanding. [4]
But it was only for an instant; the pressure behind was too great, and, the next Philip was dashed backwards over the seat. [5]
Lygon tried with one hand for his knife, and got it, but the pressure on his throat was growing terrible. [11]
It was secured on the inside, but yielded to the pressure, and turned upon its hinges. [12]
A slight pressure on the brain from accident had before now produced loss of memory--the great man's professional curiosity was aroused: he saw a nice piece of surgical work ready to his hand; he asked to be taken to Vadrome Mountain. [11]
There was something on her breast weighing it down, yet with a pressure which was not weight alone, and maybe was not weight at all as weight is understood. [11]
Under the pressure of this necessity he secured a position as one of an engineering party engaged in the survey of a railway in Missouri. [4]
But in spite of smegma and water she still felt the pressure of the burning hand on top of her head, and her heart seemed oppressed by some invisible load of lead. [10]
The mighty pressure of rising surges of yearning dashed against the monarch's heart, and with tremendous impetuosity roused on all sides the tender desires which for a long time had been gathering in his soul. [10]
As this change of position was being brought about, the internal pressure of the brain will also have influenced the form of the skull; for many facts shew how easily the skull is thus affected. [1]
With every pressure of my knee, how the floor creaked! [5]
The very pressure of his hand seemed to impart courage. [9]
Their long chain of hillocks offered a firmer and more unconquerable resistance to the pressure of the sea, than the earthworks and redoubts of Alfen, Leyderdorp and Valkenburg, the three forts situated close to the banks of the Rhine, presented to hostile armies. [10]
Under the pressure of her hands he made a strong effort to control himself, and turned to address my mother across the room. [9]
Elements I had never suspected, in Nancy, awe, even a hint of despair, entered into it, and when my hand found hers again, the very quality of its convulsive pressure seemed to have changed. [9]
Impelled by strong necessity, she knocked at another: a neighbouring one, which, yielding to the slight pressure of her hand, flew open. [12]
Mr. Marsh and Mr. Burlingame I take because of the intense pressure of their respective States, and their fitness also. [7]
What tortured her most was the intimation that Chiltern's family connections were bringing pressure to bear upon him to save him from this supremest of all his follies. [9]
What is this Low Pressure itself,--it? [4]
The drums grew louder, the pressure from the rear was relaxed, the throng in Faber Street began a retreat in the direction of the power plant. [9]
The traditions, prescriptions, limitations, privileges, all the sharp conditions of his new life, stamp themselves upon his consciousness as the signet on soft wax;--a single pressure is enough. [6]
His brain was like some engine pounding at high pressure, while all his body was cold and lethargic. [11]
Outside pressure is less felt in the physician's own household; that is all. [6]
If you could know the full pressure of the case, I am confident that you would justify it, even beyond a mere acknowledgment that the commander-in-chief may order what he pleases. [7]
As he pressed it, he thought he felt the slightest pressure in return, and then she fled up the steps. [9]
For a time it was hoped that sacrifices of great interests would leave a modest little fortune, but under the pressure of liquidation these hopes melted away. [4]
He said, "It is pulpy, and soft, and yielding, and rounded; it evades pressure, and glides from under the fingers; in the dark a body might think it was an oyster in a rag. [5]
This invisible pressure is more difficult to stand against than individual tyranny. [4]
This low pressure is a creation of Old Prob. [4]
From the deep inward moan which follows pressure on the great nerves of right, to the sharp cry as the filaments of taste are struck with a crashing sweep, is a range which no other instrument possesses. [6]
She is robed in soft raiment, but beneath it are the knife-blades which are ready to lacerate and kill the victim, if he awaits the pressure of the machinery already in motion. [6]
Many elements which in a former stratified existence would never have been brought into contact were fusing by the pressure of a purpose, of a great adventure common to us all. [9]
The little advance I now have upon this store of education I have picked up from time to time under the pressure of necessity. [7]
When pressure came I just broke down --broke down, Egyptian. [11]
While she was, however, still within the borders of wakefulness, and wholly conscious, she felt the Thing jump from the floor upon her legs, and crouch there with that deadening pressure which was not weight. [11]
Still, there were hours, days, weeks of inexpressible anguish to be borne; under the pressure of which Charlotte could only pray and pray she did, right earnestly. [14]
That stone had hit your lover's brain-roof a hard blow; the pressure of the broken beam--I mean a piece of bone--had robbed him of his consciousness of what a sweet bride the gods have bestowed on him. [10]
Beaton easily found his way to her around the grouped skirts and among the detached figures, and received a pressure of welcome from the hand which she momentarily relaxed from the tea-pot. [8]

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