Sentence examples for broken down under pressure from inspiring English sources

The old New Deal order has broken down under pressure from free-market forces, nourished by traditional American values, which Mead calls "millennial capitalism".

This it has now done - in America, of all places, where the freewheeling social contract has broken down under pressure of the crisis.

Capriati tried to avoid it, and then to play to it, hoping upon hope it would break down under pressure.

Promising negotiations between the malt and the soy-Worcestershire delegation broke down under pressure from the lime, whose sharp acidity imparted a harsh bitterness to the hops.

The Palmer method and subsequent 20th-century methods were based on an ornate style that was difficult to learn and broke down under pressure.

Or you could break down under pressure, lose control of your limbs and accidentally lodge an alarm clock behind the remains of your patient's ribcage.

All the components of Murray's game, the usually reliable ones and those known to break down under pressure, appeared to be doing their job under the gaze of 14,000 spectators.

Even knowing that, the sight of men making women gradually break down under pressure is hair-raising, as is a follow-up scene of the women being briefed on how they can do the same to others.

On two occasions, the station's switchboard broke down under pressure from angry listeners.

"There's different parts of it - the approach, the mental side, working on technique so it doesn't break down under pressure.

All was going according to plan for the 17-time Grand Slam champion but an edgy service game at 4-3 allowed Gasquet back into the set, with Federer's backhand breaking down under pressure and flying wide.