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

“Attorney General Garland is my constituent, and I don’t browbeat my constituents,” he said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”

From Washington Times • Jun. 12, 2022

"We've got to stop the coercion. We've got to stop trying to browbeat people."

From Salon • Nov. 15, 2021

Let’s do some good, and let’s resist the temptation to browbeat those around us into doing good better.

From Slate • Aug. 24, 2021

“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