Sentence examples for stifling pressure from inspiring English sources

The Wildcats played stifling pressure defense, swarmed the boards with an interchangeable conga line of guards and simply ran once-mighty Duke off the court.

Gombrowicz responds that the letter is "witness to that stifling pressure to which readers always subject the author.

In his first managerial appointment, at West Ham, Zola felt he occasionally strayed from his beliefs in positive football because of the stifling pressure to produce results.

The scattering of pins that break free from the stifling pressure of the masses represent the process of crossing boarders, of receiving asylum.

Using stifling defensive pressure, the Eagles jumped out to a 13-2 lead.

Some saw the agreement between Mr. Sarkozy and Mrs. Merkel to refrain from making "either positive or negative demands" on the E.C.B. as an attempt to clear the way by stifling political pressure.

And I doubt that I'm the only one whose "issues" stem (at least in part) from the often-stifling pressure to be perfect.

But both the obvious ways of doing this – a lower yen and higher consumption taxes – have their risks since they reduce the value of consumer spending power and could, by stifling economic growth, intensify deflationary pressure.

Unfailingly, her teams reflect her toughness by playing stifling defense and by embracing the pressure of expectation.

Critics both inside Georgia and internationally have increasingly faulted Mr. Saakashvili for persecuting opponents, pressuring the courts and stifling the news media.

Of course, stifling everything turned me into a walking pressure-cooker.