pressuredpres‧sured /ˈpreʃəd $ -ərd/ adjective - I've been feeling pretty pressured at work recently.
- He wore a formal suit and had the pressured air of some one who had been side-tracked from an important engagement.
- In interview, he is exposed, pressured and forced to qualify everything.
- Jim sacrificed a television career to be his own boss at a less pressured job.
- Nevertheless, out of necessity, to help the adviser feel less pressured, some bureaux do run partial appointment systems.
- She felt pressured and persuaded her clients to sell out of stocks they'd picked up from various licensed dealers.
- Their speech becomes pressured and they may answer questions at great length.
- You want to enjoy food, not to feel pressured into eating prescribed foods at prescribed times.
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