browbeat

Example Sentences

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But when things started to get "really crazy", she browbeat her parents into coming with her.

From BBC • Feb. 15, 2025

Spektor said that despite the Biden administration’s attempt to cajole, rather than browbeat, developing nations into supporting its global priorities, they would probably remain wary.

From Washington Post • Apr. 29, 2023

Musk used a lot of jargon to explain what he browbeat his staff into doing, but it's not hard to read between the lines.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2023

They will believe you can browbeat an extremely well-lawyered public company into getting out of a deal that has no apparent legal out.

From Slate • Dec. 1, 2022

“I hope you don’t think we’re gonna browbeat our students to please you’all,” she said.

From "Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High" by Melba Pattillo Beals