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The actor was shown to no less domineering effect in The Great Santini, playing a frustrated Marine pilot who hectors and browbeats his teenage children.

From BBC • Feb. 16, 2026

Brown browbeats them into playing what he’s got in mind, explaining that they should treat all of their instruments as drums, and suddenly the song comes together.

From Slate • Jul. 31, 2014

In one video clip, Arnold Palmer browbeats a fellow golfer into hustling to the tee box by sarcastically saying, “While we’re young!”

From New York Times • Jun. 22, 2013

In a stream of phone calls, he browbeats immigration officials, jawbones local reporters about the case and communes via video with Mr. Nabeel.

From New York Times • Mar. 6, 2011

Money bellows," retorted Scarborough, "and bribes and browbeats, bully and coward that it is.

From The Cost by Phillips, David Graham