Sentence examples for tenacious pressure from inspiring English sources

Meanwhile, the Terrapins, relying on Walt Williams and the tenacious pressure, made 18 of 33 shots for 54.5percentt.

In his letter, Judge Harhoff, 64, who has been on the tribunal since 2007, said that in two cases Judge Meron, a United States citizen who was formerly an Israeli diplomat, applied "tenacious pressure" on his fellow judges in such a way that it "makes you think he was determined to achieve an acquittal".

What's become abundantly clear this week is that in order to pass real gun legislation, gun control activists have to completely overwhelm the NRA and its apparatchiks with a powerful, fearless message, extraordinary spending and constant, hyper-tenacious pressure.

The Celtics took advantage of Felton's absence by applying tenacious ball pressure to the Knicks' backup point guards, Jason Kidd and Pablo Prigioni, neither of whom have the speed to evade such defense.

Earlier this year the British Medical Journal and two tenacious researchers pressured the company into releasing its original trial documents, an even deeper look.

This need supplied the reason for Venice's intervention in the Italian crisis of the emperor Charles V; for its struggle against the Turks, from the defeat of Préveza in 1538 to the victory of Lepanto and the loss of Cyprus in 1571; and for its tenacious resistance to pressure from the pope.

Sporting, under Coach Peter Vermes, is known for its tenacious style using high pressure to keep possession and create chances in the opposition's defensive zone.

It wasn't until 1992 that homosexuality was decriminalised, after a campaign by a few tenacious local politicians and the queer pressure group Outrage!

But rather than replace Bryant's 20-something points a game, Rice fizzled beneath the intensity of the raucous Conseco Fieldhouse crowd and the pressure of a suddenly tenacious Indiana Pacers defense.

The Rams, led by Coach Danny Hurley, have relied on a tenacious half-court defense all season, and they ratcheted the pressure up against No. 6 Creighton, 84-72.

The University of Nevada signee stood just 5-foot-1 but was tenacious, and Draluck said she always put a lot of pressure on defenses.