exert pressure in English

apply force or weight; make an urgent demand or request, compel

Use "exert pressure" in a sentence

Below are sample sentences containing the word "exert pressure" from the English Dictionary. We can refer to these sentence patterns for sentences in case of finding sample sentences with the word "exert pressure", or refer to the context using the word "exert pressure" in the English Dictionary.

1. Thus family members, physicians or nurses may exert pressure on patients to opt for active euthanasia.

2. Or it may have been no more than a ruse to exert pressure and force him to reconsider.

3. As we exert pressure on our bodies, the muscles require a great deal of energy and demand additional oxygen.

4. Later on I realised the extent to which the Soviet side could exert pressure on us in these matters.

5. F-Clamps, pipe Clamps, and C-Clamps can exert pressure in the range of 400 to 2000 psi, while spring Clamps tend to be capable of significantly less

6. But I feel the lean movement is doing exactly that, retrenching into operations, reverting to old fashioned monitoring and Consequenting and using the Toyota tools to exert pressure on value-adding employees

7. How are we going to exert pressure on Islamabad as we have seen that over the previous year no consular access was granted even when 13 attempts were made, so how is India looking at it?

8. Blackmail: 1 n extortion of money by threats to divulge discrediting information Type of: extortion the felonious act of extorting money (as by threats of violence) v obtain through threats Type of: extort obtain through intimidation v exert pressure on someone through threats Synonyms: blackjack , pressure Type of: act upon , influence , work

9. We must take action on this at the Intergovernmental Conference, and I firmly hope that this opinion, that was given reluctantly, will not mean that the European Parliament ceases to exert pressure on the Council and the Member States to make sure that this Intergovernmental Conference is not merely a technical exercise, but rouses the passions that we saw a few hours ago in Parliament.