The sudden pressures of the past few hours had driven everything else from his mind.

These were not lies told under sudden pressure when he was unexpectedly asked embarrassing questions.

After the shock wave passes, a sudden negative pressure follows.

President Bush seems rattled by sudden pressures to turn his attention to domestic problems.

He swallowed, and waited out the sudden increased pressure in his chest.

There was a sudden and insistent pressure against her left thigh.

The burst of sudden pressure alone would make his final moments unbearable.

She heard a pop, felt a sudden, sharp pressure in her inner ears.

I felt the sudden pressure of invisible forces and realized I was next.

Many political experts here worry that the sudden pressure from outside to face up to the past is backfiring.