intimidate

Example Sentences

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“Taking these steps makes the conversation about inheritance less intimidating and more constructive. It shows mutual respect for the past, present, and future.”

From MarketWatch

They can create an intimidating aura around the kitchen, and while that often makes fantastic television, it also distances us from the accessibility yesterday’s TV chefs used to preach.

From Salon

Ahead of sentencing, Amnesty International had called on Pakistan to end "coercive tactics used to silence dissent and intimidate those who defend human rights".

From BBC

Before his show at the Rodin Museum, Anderson said it was "intimidating" to take on the role "because you are up against people who are in the history books", the Guardian reported.

From BBC

I was stuck in the strawberry-banana register, and honestly, the frozen fruit section of the supermarket felt intimidatingly small.

From Salon