coerce
verb (used with object)
to compel by force, intimidation, or authority, especially without regard for individual desire or volition.
will coerce
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future tenseof coerce.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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He has ordered federal agents to videotape all interrogations, to reduce the likelihood that police will coerce confessions, especially from the most vulnerable.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 25, 2014
"I think the oil companies will coerce standardization at some point," and that "would be a death knell for the suppliers," he said.
From Reuters ● Nov. 13, 2013
After a while she said: "My Laudie, nobody will coerce, nor even try to persuade you to accept."
From Whirlpools A Novel of Modern Poland by Henryk Sienkiewicz
The only check to be alleged is a sentiment, which will coerce none who do not hold that sentiments are the better part of the world's wealth.
From Daniel Deronda by George Eliot
If necessary, of course you will coerce them, but as much as possible show them that we come as friends rather than as foes.”
From Hurricane Hurry by William Henry Giles Kingston
