Use of the word coerce in a sentence example

coerce

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The workers were coerced to call off strike. [adjective]

Often they " tread on egg-shells " for fear of making matters worse, or they try to coerce the person into stopping. [verb]

Today they bribe and coerce governments for the same purposes. [verb]

I grant, indeed, that such a prisoner may for security be coerced in carcere, that is, in a public prison. [verb]

But you need not coerce yourself for my sake, husband. [verb]

Or is it not the most brutal imposition for one set of people to make laws that another set is coerced by force to obey. [verb]

The latter wants but to be dominated, to be led, to be coerced. [verb]

Every intelligent man and woman knows, however, that this is a myth maintained to frighten and coerce the foolish. [verb]

I can always sacrifice my feelings for my family's welfare," he said to himself, "but I can't coerce my feelings. [verb]

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