Sentences with phrase «crack under the pressure of»

The game's creator Dong Nguyen famously removed the game from the app store, explaining to Rolling Stone that he cracked under the pressure of its success and had been receiving disturbing letters detailing Flappy Bird's addictive powers.

Jessica @ Making Sense of Cents writes How I eliminated my debt in less than 1 year — And I'm not talking about you cracking under the pressure of being frugal and racking up a bunch of credit card debt after a blackout shopping spree at Nordstrom (though that very well could happen to you).

It's not only people who crack under the pressure of modern life.

They kinda cracked under the pressure of other leading games being released, and I guess that's why Revelations wasn't «all that», in my opinion.

Not exact matches

Instead, the relationship between employees and employer cracked under the financial pressure of the past decade.

The head of Denmark's central bank has warned that the Danish krone is coming under intense pressure from investors seeking a haven in Europe and betting that the currency's peg to the euro could be cracked by the crisis.

Put people on the spot in person and their well - cultivated exterior cracks under the time pressure, leaving them with nothing to discuss but what's top of mind, however interesting — or not — that might be.

Constant freezing of the food processor was hard on the plastic, and eventually it cracked under the pressure.

they never show signs of nerves (as we always do) And they do not crack under pressure (again one of our trademarks)..

The claim that what we saw was us not turning up is as pathetic and utterly unacceptable an excuse to use because we've been down this road before, WEEKS were spent hyping Arsenal up, players, fans and coaching staff alike spent weeks in advance talking about our real chances winning the league, our players back from injury and on the first game of the season, where we had renewed optimism and were swelling with expectation we cracked under the pressure to a team you expect to finish no higher than 8th.

Mental because most of our players are as usual mentally weak and lack that winning mentality.They seem to crack under slight pressure.

In our own case, we lack aggresive players, our players lack composure when pressed, no organisation, we crack under any form of pressure despite having an experienced manager that got his early success from aggresive, strong but highly technical players.

The major risk for both Greece and Europe is the possibility of Greece cracking under pressure, and — in a brief - nationalist / populist moment of «bravery» and national «pride» — abandoning the mechanism, and together with it, the euro and Europe.

And the muddled response that the Tories ultimately settled upon — criticising the micro-detail of the announcement while hawking around a partially edited video of Ed Balls from January this year — demonstrated how they crack under pressure.

The crack behind the descending blob of iron would quickly seal itself under pressure from the surrounding rock, so there would be no risk of the crack spreading catastrophically and splitting the planet wide open.

«Once it cracks it has no more capacity to absorb energy,» just as a piece of chalk snaps under pressure whereas a tree branch bends.

Once free - flowing but now firmly cemented together with an iron - bearing mineral called hematite, the sand grains were apparently injected into cracks in ancient granite — some of them as much as 6 meters wide — under high pressure.

Under the worsening pressure, the family threatens to crack, as Allie appears to become more quixotic in his quest for starting his own brand of civilization.

From road rage on the highways, to corporate office shooting sprees, people out there are just a push away from cracking under the pressure into mindless killing of their own.

Miller and Carlsson - Paige's critique of the Common Core, along with a New York Post piece about kindergarteners cracking under pressure, ignited a debate this week about how the new standards are shaping early education.

Under pressure from the state of North Carolina to rescue failing schools and deliver better student performance, Smith use regular testing, at least four times a year, as his vehicle to make certain that students were held to state standards and not left to fall through the cracks.

There are no rust bubbles, major scratches, chips, etc.The 15» Rallye wheels are brand new, including the center caps, trim rings and Cooper Cobra white letter tires.All of the trim and bumpers are in good shape and are not beat up.The glass is all in good shape and the windows roll up and down easily.Interior: The interior is in good shape overall as well.The seat covers look good and do not have any tears, holes, etc.The carpet looks to be in decent shape.The original dash pad has some cracks and a previous owner has put a carpeted dash cover on top of the dash pad.The headliner is in good shape but the sail panels are a little loose.The original speedometer and tachometer work, as well as the fuel gauge, but there is an aftermarket oil pressure and water temperature gauge mounted under the dash.The head lights, tail lights and brake lights all work, but the turn signals do not work.The windshield wipers work like they are supposed to as well.The B&M shifter works well and is easy to get in and out of gear.Drivetrain: The engine is a very strong running 340 small block that's had some work done to it.

The overgrown, ornate ruins of mystical man - made structures, cracking and crumbling under the pressure of both heroes» weighty adventures, made their way into both games — as did the dark shadowy force said ruins barely contain.

«The glass actually cracks under pressure, so you participate in the production of art,» Bedford says.

Gas wells are punched deep into the earth; layers of rock are then «cracked» by injecting sand - and chemical - filled water under great pressure - the so - called «fracing» process - allowing natural gas to escape to the surface via well head, and so it is feared, allowing contaminants from fracing fluids to move into nearby water wells.

Tearing apart or cracking of a fire sprinkler is worse than a water heater leak because the sprinklers are under more pressure.