pressure
noun
the exertion of force upon a surface by an object, fluid, etc., in contact with it.
had pressured
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past perfectof pressure.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He said Beijing had pressured Britain to agree to the construction.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
President Trump was asked at the time whether his administration had pressured the Romanians to release the brothers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 20, 2026
His team had pressured him to give the show a happy ending for a public exhausted by four years of open war, but he refused.
From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2025
Years later, the two main witnesses at his trial, also teenagers, recanted, saying police had pressured them into false stories.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 20, 2024
Privately, in another desperate attempt to cauterize the Watergate wound before it spread all the way to the president, Nixon had pressured his two closest aides to step down.
From "Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War" by Steve Sheinkin
