How to Use peer pressure in a Sentence

peer pressure

noun

• Some may like the taste, but a lot of it may come down to peer pressure and image.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 7 June 2024
• But then the actual adults in the room seemed to succumb to peer pressure.
  — Rachel Marsden, Hartford Courant, 3 Apr. 2024
• But Meyerson succumbed to peer pressure, tied on the red sash and ran with them.
  — Michael Cody Stephenson, The Arizona Republic, 9 Aug. 2024
• Parental pacts are easy to sign when little Alex is eight years old and the peer pressure to have a smartphone may not be very high.
  — Maren Thomas Bannon, Forbes, 19 Sep. 2024
• Take the time to speak to your kids about the dangers of illicit substances, how to avoid and manage peer pressure, and what to look for.
  — Nickolaus Hayes, New York Daily News, 16 June 2024
• The one harder drug that even gets name-checked is crack, which Michael declines to smoke even under peer pressure from his friends.
  — Vulture, 13 June 2023
• Now that numbers have gone down, the folks who succumbed to peer pressure have started to watch their chickens come home to roost.
  — Kathleen Breitman, Fortune Crypto, 16 Mar. 2023
• The peer pressure from other kids and even other parents is extreme.
  — Jennifer Jolly, USA TODAY, 16 Apr. 2024
• The Nike zipper pull challenge, and others like it, are like a game, often fueled by peer pressure.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 4 Oct. 2024
• Young people tend to be more susceptible to peer pressure than adults, Mueller said.
  — Silas Allen, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 3 May 2024
• After the speech, Biden also gave in to some peer pressure from Chiefs players behind him, deciding to put on the team’s red helmet in front of the crowd.
  — Jesse Newell, Kansas City Star, 31 May 2024
• There are times when peer pressure does involve coercion and when kids will need refusal skills.
  — Phyllis Fagell, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
• Schultz believes the presence of the Evolv system, along with peer pressure, deterred students from showing up with firearms.
  — Hiawatha Bray, BostonGlobe.com, 11 July 2023
• Even titans of industry aren’t immune to peer pressure—the desire to keep up with the billionaire next door.
  — Frederick Kaufman, Fortune, 30 July 2023
• In many cases, this kind of peer pressure will subconsciously help a player know when to stop if things are not going well.
  — Steve Silverman, Baltimore Sun, 8 Jan. 2024
• Role-play how to handle a tough situation, like making friends, or saying no to peer pressure.
  — Jennifer Wolf, Parents, 30 July 2024
• The circumstances of the crime, including the extent to which Crumbley was involved and how his family or peer pressure may have played a part.
  — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 27 July 2023
• But those who were not or jumped in because of peer pressure or FOMO (fear of missing out) are the ones that have pulled away because they were never fully committed in the first place.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 16 June 2023
• Lacy believes that some of the behavior comes from peer pressure, with parents seeing what their friends and peers are doing for their children and feel obligated to do the same.
  — Byeleanor Pringle, Fortune, 13 June 2023
• Her debut feature ‘Excursion’ explores how peer pressure sends a young woman down a spiral of lies.
  — Leo Barraclough, Variety, 9 July 2023
• One reason is they get caught up with comparison, peer pressure, benchmarks, chasing, etc.
  — Steve Booren, The Denver Post, 21 July 2024
• Bullying and peer pressure are central themes Just like the original, the new movie heavily focuses on the bullying and peer pressure teens face in high school.
  — Kelsie Gibson, Peoplemag, 12 Jan. 2024
• This teen version touches on important topics of self-esteem, friendships, and peer pressure.
  — Patrice J. Williams, Parents, 12 July 2024
• Lately, these departures seem to be less about struggling against corporate oppression and more about peer pressure.
  — Tim Stevens, The Verge, 7 Aug. 2024
• But there are other forms of coercion -- peer pressure, societal norms, and economic need -- that can be difficult to detect from the outside.
  — Marc Lynch, Foreign Affairs, 1 July 2010
• No expectation from my family but there was peer pressure.
  — R29 Team, refinery29.com, 31 July 2024
• While there may be peer pressure to come in more often in order to win a promotion, that’s notably more flexible than other Wall Street banks that have been quick to roll back pandemic-era working habits.
  — Christiaan Hetzner, Fortune, 17 Sep. 2024
• The blue bubble peer pressure theory about teens’ iPhone preference would imply Samsung’s efforts are doomed, but hey, maybe a $1,000 folding phone is the right phone to challenge that theory with.
  — Wes Davis, The Verge, 23 Sep. 2023
• Ed Sheeran once succumbed to the most understandable peer pressure scenario of all time: Getting dangerously high with Snoop Dogg.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 3 Oct. 2023
• The peer pressure at school meant that a majority of students – regardless of their faith – believed the rumors that Mr. Paty was Islamophobic and had acted out of malice.
  — Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Apr. 2024

Last Updated: 16 Nov 2024