Example sentences for: pressured

How can you use “pressured” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Jerry Falwell and Matt Drudge pressured NBC to air its interview with her.

  • The black-and-white photograph of Nathan Landow, the developer who allegedly pressured Willey to keep quiet, made him look like a vicious psychopath.

  • The Immigration and Naturalization Service, pressured by the White House, rushed immigrants through naturalization last year and ended up granting citizenship to hundreds--if not thousands--of people who should have been rejected because of past felony convictions.

  • 2) The House investigating committee subpoenaed records to determine whether the Clinton administration pressured Johnny Chung into giving $25,000 to then-Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary's pet charity, Africare, in order to secure a business meeting with her.

  • Five female soldiers say Army investigators pressured them into falsely accusing their superiors of rape.


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