The phrase
"tremendous pressure" means a very strong force or stress that can be difficult to handle or bear.
Full definition
Federal regulators are now putting
tremendous pressure on banks to dispose of bad loans and properties that they've held for an excessive length of time.
Financial struggles, young children, and aging parents
put tremendous pressure on a marriage, and are key struggles that most couples will run up against at some point in their marriage.
Has authored several articles at her school's newspaper and believes in protecting the confidentiality of anonymous sources even in the face
of tremendous pressure.
Extremely sensitive, gifted and dedicated, she
felt tremendous pressure to «be the Indian» in a spiritual sense; this finally contributed to a emotional breakdown.
The cost of servicing the exploding debt would
exert tremendous pressure on the government to eliminate investments that could fuel growth.
There was
tremendous pressure in the first three or four months after my return to dramatically change the strategy and the business model of the company.
If charter schools took over the whole city, there would be
tremendous pressure for them to become fully, or partly, neighborhood schools of right.
The fantastical landscape is more than a mile beneath the sea surface and home only to life that can
withstand tremendous pressure, acidity, and heat.
High fertility rates in areas of the developing world that can least cope
put tremendous pressure on freshwater and sanitation needs and fuel economic and religious tensions.
If left untreated, this can lead to
tremendous pressure in the stomach and death of the tissues that are deprived.
The traditional ad agency has been under
tremendous pressure as the power in the industry has shifted to technology giants like Facebook and Google.
Christopher Nagy, superintendent of Northern Valley Regional School District, said the confluence of changes was «extremely burdensome and
placing tremendous pressure on districts.»
Trusel's work builds upon others that have shown warm air temperatures lead to ponding of meltwater on the ice shelf, which
adds tremendous pressure to small cracks in its surface and forces them to grow in size.
«There is
now tremendous pressure on law firms to understand, agree and keep to, service level agreements with their clients, and to ensure their responses reflect the commercial and wider - industry in which the client operates,» said Samantha Steer, Director, Large and Medium Law Firms, at the Legal UK & Ireland business for Thomson Reuters.
But serious questions remain around North Korea's ability to build vehicles to reenter the planet's atmosphere
through tremendous pressure and friction.
Clearly, when a player moves for such a fee, there is
tremendous pressure heaped upon them, not to mention intense scrutiny from pundits and fans.
[The M.T.A.] will be under
tremendous pressure if they don't fund that $ 310 million on an annual basis in 2013, 2014, 2015.
With a simple working formula of resisting the weights and pushing it full tilt and again repeating the drill
ensures tremendous pressure on your quads and hamstrings.
question in recognition of the fact that there are
tremendous pressures surrounding teacher education that favor a training model, and that these forces can, if not acknowledged and addressed, push the teaching of teachers into the background of preparation programs.
With investors expecting the Federal Reserve to scale back its asset purchases, an increase in long - term interest rates, and higher interest volatility, mortgage REITs came under
tremendous pressure throughout much of the year.
Despite tremendous pressure from animal welfare organizations to euthanize these animals, a handful of men and women stepped in to give the dogs a second chance.
The company increased wages, again after much ado in the press and
after tremendous pressure from labor groups, for these very same store employees last year as well.
And, assuming her petitions aren't thrown out in a legal challenge, she will be taking on Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in a primary — an effort a number of better - known Democrats have toyed with taking on, only to step aside in the face
of tremendous pressure from the White House on down.