duress

Example Sentences

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It’s a cat-and-mouse movie with some initiative, and even if that drive ultimately goes nowhere, the film at least manages to make its characters’ strength under duress believable.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

What many saw was a cautious career prosecutor who was forced to testify under duress and who deflected questions from both Democrats and Republicans by referring repeatedly to his voluminous report.

From Barron's • Mar. 21, 2026

However, Masud has claimed the confession is false, was made under duress and should be ruled inadmissible before his trial in Washington DC later this year.

From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026

My first experience was under duress in eighth grade from the deadlines.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 2026

The third for setting fire to her Housemistress’s false-hair bun, which, under duress, Rahel confessed to having stolen.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy