- present participle of browbeat.
browbeating
Example Sentences
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Several European officials said the leaders’ meeting went better than expected—a sign of both relief and diminished expectations after 18 months of browbeating from Washington.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
Still, he insists on browbeating others to support a cause as lost as, well, making fetch happen.
From Salon ● Nov. 22, 2024
He’d rather sleep late than wake up before dawn for a grueling day of fixing cars under his brother’s browbeating supervision.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 23, 2024
She often used a combination of charm and intense browbeating to convince the most reluctant members of the community to speak out in print or on TV.
From BBC ● May 18, 2024
Now he was stuck in the middle of an increasingly acrimonious debate between the browbeating Lawrence and the bedridden Compton.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
