bow to pressure

Examples (10)

• The government finally bowed to popular pressure and repealed the unpopular law.
• The editor reluctantly bowed to pressure from advertisers and pulled the story.
• The company refused to bow to public pressure to change its environmentally harmful practices.
• He was admired for never bowing to peer pressure, even when it was difficult.
• It remains to be seen whether the central bank will bow to political pressure to lower interest rates.
• A strong leader does not easily bow to pressure from opponents.
• After weeks of protests, the university administration bowed to pressure from the student body.
• The small nation was forced to bow to economic pressure from its larger neighbors.
• Will the developers bow to pressure from local residents and cancel the construction project?
• She felt she had to bow to family pressure and pursue a career in medicine.