Example Sentences

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Rubiales was alleged to have coerced Hermoso into saying the kiss was consensual in the aftermath of the incident - something he denied in the TV interview.

From BBC • Apr. 4, 2024

Schactler, the school’s chief of staff, said it didn’t seem conceivable to her that the university would have coerced someone to make false statements.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 6, 2017

Noah should never have coerced Helen into driving; Uber much?

From New York Times • Dec. 18, 2016

Had he attempted to do so, intellectual persuasion, backed by physical strength, would have coerced him to obedience.

From Time Magazine Archive

But I did believe we could coerce her to justice by peaceable means, and the embargo, evaded as it was, proved it would have coerced her, had it been honestly executed.

From Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 by Randolph, Thomas Jefferson