intimidate
Example Sentences
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"India seem to intimidate Pakistan on the cricket field .. they are so much better in all facets of the game & such a better mentality of coping with the huge occasion."
From Barron's
"It's sad that people think that this kind of thing can be done, that you can go around intimidating people, you can go around scaring people," he said.
From BBC
"And I know that sounds intimidating, but there is no point in fighting it now."
From BBC
But the intimidating resume didn’t match the soft-spoken athlete who asked to join Bowe on daily walks in the Beijing Olympic village in 2022.
From Los Angeles Times
Mr. Nolte’s voice is so frail and thin that he’s difficult to understand in the role; he hardly seems like the sort of intimidating figure he’s meant to be.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.