Pent Up

Orders taken by dealers over the summer and what Mendel called "pent-up demand" should give the troubled automaker a sizeable boost throughout the fourth quarter, he said.

It was as if we took the intellectual heritage of Franklin Roosevelt, the moral inspiration of John Kennedy, and a decade of pent-up demand for social change and converted them into a social reality. ❋ Walter F. Mondale (2010)

Simon Patten, one of the most influential economists of the early twentieth century, argued for an increase in the material wealth of ordinary Americans, but only so that they would not seek solace from their poverty by succumbing to “debasing appeals to pent-up passions.” ❋ Thaddeus Russell (2010)

She was such a release, the receptacle for so many pent-up emotions. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The dainty flourishes of the wrist and the slowly spreading smile suggest carefully withheld, pent-up force. ❋ Unknown (2011)

We've tapped into a pent-up longing in the Jewish community and beyond for a home that marries a love of Israel with a deep desire for long-term peace and security through a two-state solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. ❋ Jeremy Ben-Ami (2010)

How'd He Die: After years of pent-up rage, Benjamin Linus murdered his father with a gas canister moments before the other DHARMA workers were mass-murdered. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Well, in today's school system, you can't exactly get away with passive-aggressively pegging a misbehaved student with rubber dodgeballs to soothe your pent-up rage. ❋ Unknown (2009)

When we do, we will shift the relative prices of labor vs. non-labor inputs to business 30% or more, sending a powerful, undistorted price signal to hire more workers, creating at a stroke an effective trillion-dollar jobs stimulus without spending a dime, and unleashing decades of pent-up job growth. ❋ Stephen Kent (2011)

After years of living as beleaguered dissidents, Maher and his fellow organizers were suddenly swamped by an outpouring of pent-up emotion. ❋ Unknown (2011)

Contacts in the area served by the Chicago Fed said that pent-up demand for both light and heavy motor vehicles, attributed to an aging fleet, was a key driver in that sector. ❋ Neil Irwin (2011)

Mounds of pent-up angst and haunted history disappeared in one sweet outpouring of defiance as the Cardinals earned the franchise's first home playoff win since 1947 when they called Chicago home. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Many believe Verizon could sell more iPhones in the U.S. than AT&T this year, given pent-up demand from customers not wanting to switch to AT&T. ❋ AP (2011)

On the disc, the songs exploded with a wild, pent-up energy, almost as if the music had become self-aware at its laying dormant for three decades. ❋ Post (2011)

Ironically, in contrast to the pent-up middle class women, Amelia saw the poor farm women as freer. ❋ Terry Kelhawk (2010)

I am so pent-up because I haven't [got to] spend time with my girlfriend in [two weeks]. ❋ Diethyl Ether (2020)

Due to his [sheltered life] under his parents' protection, he was very pent-up [in the way] of [romance]. ❋ Inspector Rasha (2006)

I’m [tryna] get [pent up] this week for a huge [lift] Saturday ❋ Papí Dre (2021)

[boy]: i'm [soo] pent up after see [my girl friend] ❋ Stephanie_rocks (2010)

[Sara] had a lot of pent up energy because she wasn't [getting any] from [Max]. ❋ AJ Quick (2006)

"[idk] [doc], [I've been] having alot of 'pent up frustration'.." "So your horny?" "Yes" ❋ ボセビー (2020)

Damn man I haven't had [sex] since [2009], I've got so much pent up sexual energy ❋ OPP555 (2017)