browbeat
verb (used with object)
to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully.
had browbeaten
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past perfectof browbeat.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Mr. Juárez claimed in the interview that the detectives who interrogated him had browbeaten him into a confession.
From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2016
Industrialists whom the NRAdministrator had browbeaten into accepting collective bargaining were anything but sympathetic.
From Time Magazine Archive
They made a smooth-working team: after John L. had browbeaten the opposition with threats and oratory, Phil Murray came along with facts and finesse.
From Time Magazine Archive
Though it was not in his contract, he had browbeaten Columbia Pictures into doing a couple of scenes his way in the just-completed Major Dundee.
From Time Magazine Archive
He had been hard—knowing men better than women—when he should have been mild; he had browbeaten where he should have forgiven.
From The Wild Geese by Stanley John Weyman
