Sentence examples for quiet pressure from inspiring English sources

This leaves China alone in a position to break the stalemate, by applying quiet pressure on its unruly ally.

Because I felt my family's quiet pressure in his presence, I questioned his perennial attendance at our gatherings.

Recognising reality, and under quiet pressure from America, the prime minister has been obliged to start rethinking the second half of his promise.

Previously, he said, the United States had shunned open confrontations, relying on "quiet pressure" with the idea that it was more effective.

Their second, on March 9th, ended when King, facing a federal court order against the march and quiet pressure from the Johnson Administration, symbolically led the marchers to the middle of the bridge, then turned them back.

Indeed, after quiet pressure from American diplomats, Mr. Lee has dropped a demand that North Korea apologize for sinking the Cheonan — which it denies doing — as a condition for any new talks between the North and South.

No rules have been laid down to compel governments to behave in a "European way"; the common market will rely on the quiet pressures of the tariff reductions.

Few friendships could have borne the strain they put on theirs - by marrying sisters, for example; but among its quieter pressures was the fact that they encouraged in each other the worst habits of hasty composition.

Behind the scenes, organisations such as the Royal Society and the Wellcome Trust applied quiet diplomatic pressure.

So there is quiet US pressure on Germany to avoid pushing Greece away from Europe.

However, its efforts have mostly been stymied, in part due to quiet diplomatic pressure from the Americans.