browbeating
Example Sentences
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"Hopefully they are done in a memorable enough way that it sticks in people's heads and is more of an inspirational thing rather than browbeating people into feeling bad about not saving the planet."
From BBC • Apr. 23, 2026
The question is whether the party now meekly succumbs to the browbeating:
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026
Still, he insists on browbeating others to support a cause as lost as, well, making fetch happen.
From Salon • Nov. 22, 2024
The officials said staffers were reluctant to take on a rapidly emerging automotive power with a massive public platform, worried they wouldn’t have the backing of top officials if they received a browbeating from Musk.
From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2022
This divide-and-conquer strategy is better than repeatedly allowing counterexamples to intrude into the main line of an argument while browbeating readers into looking away.
From "The Sense of Style" by Steven Pinker
