COERCE in a Sentence
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Example sentences for COERCE, such as:
1. They were coerced into signing the contract.
2. In what sense does Dawkins want to coerce people into his belief?
3. Ordinary people have been coerced by minorities to perform the necessary tasks.
4. The Colonel was perhaps unaware that he had coerced his own wife into her grave.
5. The court heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession.
2. In what sense does Dawkins want to coerce people into his belief?
3. Ordinary people have been coerced by minorities to perform the necessary tasks.
4. The Colonel was perhaps unaware that he had coerced his own wife into her grave.
5. The court heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession.
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Meanings and Examples of COERCE
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coerce
v. to cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means :
Classic Sentence:
1 "I can always sacrifice my feelings for my family's welfare," he said to himself, "but I can't coerce my feelings."
2 The Colonel was perhaps unaware that he had coerced his own wife into her grave.
Example Sentence:
1 In what sense does Dawkins want to coerce people into his belief?
2 The court heard that the six defendants had been coerced into making a confession.
3 They were coerced into signing the contract.
4 Ordinary people have been coerced by minorities to perform the necessary tasks.
5 And yet woman is coerced through submission to the Symbolic order to abandon feminine desire and a peculiarly feminine relation to origins.