History does suggest that moments of maximum stress like this can allow the most creative diplomacy.

The following questions were intended to exert maximum stress upon any person intending deception.

The maximum stress is assumed to occur when the entire load is at the tip of the tooth.

Turnbull's Bend is the point of maximum stress along the river's entire 2,340 miles, engineers say.

They are also more resilient at times of maximum stress.

The ultimate strength is the maximum stress that a material can withstand before it breaks or weakens.

Ultimate strength - The maximum stress a material can withstand.

The pressure on the tendons of the back of the hand has to be maintained with maximum stress during the entire movement (fig. 96).

Many of these problems are sophisticated in that they're minor glitches causing maximum stress.

"In sum, it is an attempt to probe how the Soviet system functioned under conditions of maximum stress," he wrote.