The phrase "break under pressure" is correct and usable in written English.
You may use it when speaking of a person or thing being unable to withstand the different pressures or stresses to which it is subject. For example, "The bridge's aged beams began to creak and eventually broke under the pressure of the heavy traffic."
The tools usually break under pressure.
On Wednesday night, Burlington County emergency officials evacuated more than 50 people in Pemberton Township after they became concerned that the Presidential Lake dam in New Lisbon, N.J., would break under pressure.
But Trump has been uncharacteristically calm about the plea deal for Manafort, whom he had praised only a month ago for refusing to "break" under pressure from special counsel Robert S. Mueller III.
The decision by Trump's onetime personal attorney Michael Cohen to plead guilty last month in a federal investigation in Manhattan particularly angered the president, who denounced him as a "flipper" and praised Manafort for being a "brave man" who would not break under pressure from prosecutors.
On Wednesday, Mr. Trump praised Mr. Manafort on Twitter as "brave" for refusing to "break" under pressure, in contrast to Mr. Cohen, whom the president accused of fabricating stories "in order to get a 'deal.'" In a separate tweet, Mr. Trump also offered a negative review of Mr. Cohen's legal services.
The best solution was to take all the lines out of the water; the next-best was to change the gear by, for example, replacing all the rigging on the traps with lines that would break under pressure.Lobstermen reacted furiously.
The thin white line often broke under pressure.
His website soon broke under pressure from wellwishers who wanted to read the news and leave tributes.
Directed by the actor Karl Malden, "Time Limit" starred Mr. Widmark as an Army colonel who is investigating a major (Richard Basehart) who is suspected of having broken under pressure during the Korean War and having aided the enemy.
The students who aired their anxieties showed an average 5% improvement on the second test, whereas the others broke under pressure and their scores dropped by 12%.
