Sentence examples for collapsed under pressure from inspiring English sources
WorldCom tried to buy Sprint in 1999, but the deal collapsed under pressure from antitrust regulators.
My shoulders collapsed under pressure equal to four times the pull of gravity.
The international tin cartel collapsed under pressure from new Brazilian mines.
The metropolitan papers are suffering because the classified advertisements on which they rely have collapsed under pressure from free listings websites such as Craigslist.
He said Citigroup's stock collapsed under pressure from short-sellers — not bad assets — although he eventually acknowledged that the bank's weak financial position made it a target.
Mr. Sheehan went 55 days without food and would probably have been next to die had the protest not collapsed under pressure from the prisoners' families.
It was the other team that had the reputation of collapsing under pressure.
They had fled Manila on Tuesday as Mr. Marcos's rule began to collapse under pressure from military forces loyal to Corazon C. Aquino.
It seems at least plausible that any kicker who collapses under pressure would have been weeded out long before he ever got to the National Football League.
"Thank god the grown-ups at the IOC made this decision and didn't collapse under pressure from the newspapers and everyone else," he said.
