browbeating

Example Sentences

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The question is whether the party now meekly succumbs to the browbeating:

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 14, 2026

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

“I don’t want to keep browbeating that one situation,” Palmer said.

From Washington Post • Jun. 17, 2022

Threats and public reproach appeal to the punitive impulse in American culture, but psychological research shows browbeating can backfire, causing the shamed person to dig in their heels and double down on their destructive behavior.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2021

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