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extorts
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The problem comes in when unequal economic power extorts emotional work.
The horse gave a violent leap, and tore off with that shrill cry which sharp pain occasionally extorts from his kind.
Your hint, that I must correct some things that are amiss, extorts from me an involuntary sigh.
It is not fear that extorts the promise never to war against us—it would be his gratitude for sparing his life.
The scene in which the Countess extorts from Helen the confession of her love, must, as an illustration, be given here.
But fear now extorts a larger tribute of obedience than that which was formerly paid by reverence and by love.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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