pressades

In a sentence

• Han pressades att fatta ett beslut snabbt.

  He was pressured to make a decision quickly.

  The word 'pressades' here is used as the past tense passive form of 'pressa' (to pressure), indicating that the subject was subjected to pressure.

• Äpplena pressades för att göra äppeljuice.

  The apples were pressed to make apple juice.

  In this case, 'pressades' describes the process of physically pressing objects (the apples) to extract juice, utilizing the passive voice.

• Hon pressades av tidspressen att avsluta arbetet tidigare.

  She was pressured by the time constraints to finish the work earlier.

  Here, 'pressades' depicts a metaphorical form of pressure, linked to the urgency imposed by external conditions (time constraints) as a passive action.