How to Use strong-arm in a Sentence

strong-arm

1 of 2 adjective

• Time and time again, courts have slapped down these strong-arm tactics that lack the force of law.
  — Bob Morgan, Chicago Tribune, 2 Jan. 2026
• The crime comes amid a spike in strong-arm robberies in Oakland.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 1 June 2023
• Netflix is already trying to strong-arm customers onto its ad plan.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024
• But the strong-arm scenarios played out in dozens of phone videos gone viral overshadow these laudable efforts.
  — Boston Herald Staff, Twin Cities, 16 Dec. 2025
• On paper, Turks had many reasons to be dissatisfied with their leader and to push back against his strong-arm rule.
  — Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2023
• Bananas worms his way in and tries to strong-arm the conversation, which pisses off Danny and Sarah.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• Newsom and lawmakers used that opening to strong-arm the companies, although the deal does not give drivers an explicit right to strike.
  — The Editorial Board, Oc Register, 9 Sep. 2025
• Soon after, police received a report of a strong-arm robbery on the 1300 block of 7th Avenue.
  — Tim Fang, CBS News, 1 May 2026
• Disney, meanwhile, has accused the streamer of using its position within Google to strong-arm content owners.
  — Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 30 Oct. 2025
• Trump has, so far, appeared reluctant to slap Russia with fresh sanctions to strong-arm the Kremlin in peace negotiations.
  — Ellie Cook, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Aug. 2025
• But strong-arm tactics are not the main focus of Temu's latest court filing against the fast-fashion juggernaut, according to Scafidi.
  — Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
• Those included the ways in which grand juries have been used in the special counsel’s investigations and attempts to strong-arm defense lawyers involved in the cases, the people said.
  — Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2023
• In December, Marrero had been charged with domestic battery by strangulation and strong-arm robbery.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
• Its bid to strong-arm Europe through gas and energy exports may have failed, but the Kremlin has other tools at its disposal, one of which concerns the global supply of food.
  — Michael Kimmage and Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2023
• There have been 31 personal strong-arm robberies in 2025, versus 26 in 2024.
  — Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2025
• But two of the biggest chains appear to be at odds over how they most effectively strong-arm companies like Unilever and PepsiCo into dropping prices.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 8 Jan. 2024
• The Democrats’ anger has been building all year, as immigration enforcement agents have used what critics say are strong-arm tactics to find undocumented immigrants.
  — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 14 Jan. 2026
• And that danger was more acute on account of my intent to be fair, ethical, moral — no stretching my dope with acetone, propane or extra baking soda nor shorting customers grams; no plotting how to strong-arm somebody else’s dope or stash.
  — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• There have been 19 commercial strong-arm robberies and commercial armed robberies in 2025, up from 10 in 2024.
  — Charlotte Observer, 13 Oct. 2025
• Use strong-arm tactics, such as the confiscation of old ballots, to intimidate officials and possibly serve as a dress rehearsal for federal muscle-flexing in future elections.
  — James Robenalt, Vanity Fair, 27 July 2026
• In the most recent legislative session, Abbott tried and failed to strong-arm Texas Republicans into passing a universal-school-voucher bill.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2024
• Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s attempts to strong-arm the bond market have been drowned out by the Iran war’s steady drumbeat, with oil back above $100 a barrel.
  — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 10 Sep. 2026
• El Salvador has seen multiple radical and often controversial reforms under the strong-arm president’s leadership.
  — Michael Rios, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
• The government has previously tried to charge Lemon in a steadily escalating campaign involving a string of highly unusual legal moves to strong-arm courts into conceding to its demands.
  — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
• Applying Pressure Activists are trying to capitalize on the threat of the election to strong-arm politicians into supporting anti-data center measures.
  — Andrew R. Chow, Time, 19 June 2026
• But they are mentioned without context, in a way that underlines the Smithsonian’s touchy relationship with an administration that has not hesitated to strong-arm the institution.
  — Kelsey Ables, The Atlantic, 15 May 2026
• The White House’s push to suppress the Smithsonian’s programming is part of an attempt to strong-arm influential cultural institutions and, in turn, culture itself.
  — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
• Wilson committed a strong-arm robbery on an MTA bus, taking that victim's phone in the days surrounding the Rodgers Forge shooting, according to prosecutors.
  — Julie Hanson, CBS News, 13 July 2026
• Heritage Action had a different purpose—to strong-arm Republicans in Congress into acting more conservatively.
  — Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
• Heritage Action had a different purpose — to strong-arm Republicans in Congress into acting more conservatively.
  — Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025

strong-arm

2 of 2 verb

• Only to see them, after winning elections, get strong-armed by the party, then offer lame excuses as to why.
  — Colleen Kujawa, Chicago Tribune, 2 Oct. 2026
• And if two media companies were strong-armed out of the deal, were their First Amendment rights violated?
  — Robertas Bakula, Oc Register, 15 Apr. 2026
• Many of the protests at high schools are peaceful, but the images of arson and strong-arm police tactics are dominating the public debate in France.
  — Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026
• The Democrats’ anger has been building all year, as immigration enforcement agents have used what critics say are strong-arm tactics to find undocumented immigrants.
  — David Lightman, Sacbee.com, 14 Jan. 2026
• Castellanos Triminio faces charges of strong-arm robbery, child neglect, false imprisonment, and battery by strangulation.
  — February 23, CBS News, 23 Feb. 2026
• Hezbollah, for the longest time, was strong-arming other parties, and they are accused of assassinating a former Prime Minister.
  — Isaac Chotiner, New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2026
• Trump over the weekend shook the NATO alliance by threatening tariffs on Europe to strong-arm his aim of taking over Greenland.
  — Michelle L. Price, Chicago Tribune, 21 Jan. 2026
• Attempts to muffle creative voices through bullying and strong-arm tactics are fundamentally anti-American and have become all too common in recent years.
  — Sean Woods, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2026
• Police have launched a homicide investigation after a man died from injuries suffered in an altercation that was initially reported as a possible strong-arm robbery, a police spokesman said.
  — Kansas City Star, 28 Sep. 2026
• Four suspects were arrested in San Francisco last week after a strong-arm robbery and several auto burglaries, police said Monday.
  — Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 6 Apr. 2026
• But other commentators credited Trump with strong-arming Mexico into confronting the cartels.
  — Foreign Correspondent, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
• Like many Americans, a growing number have misgivings about the strong-arm tactics used by government immigration enforcement agents in places such as Minnesota.
  — Alex Hinton, The Conversation, 26 Mar. 2026
• The government has previously tried to charge Lemon in a steadily escalating campaign involving a string of highly unusual legal moves to strong-arm courts into conceding to its demands.
  — Winston Cho, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
• Tech leaders have quietly backed Anthropic, saying that AI isn’t ready for some weapons and that strong-arming companies is counterproductive and antidemocratic.
  — Los Angeles Times, 20 Mar. 2026
• The White House’s push to suppress the Smithsonian’s programming is part of an attempt to strong-arm influential cultural institutions and, in turn, culture itself.
  — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 22 Jan. 2026
• Now, the question of whether the US could again use force – or tactics like tariffs or sanctions – to strong-arm countries into choosing Washington’s interests over ties with China is a viable risk being evaluated in the region’s capitals.
  — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 31 Jan. 2026
• Detectives began a monthslong investigation after a June 14 strong-arm robbery near 11th Street and Washington Avenue, Officer Christopher Bess, spokesperson for the Miami Beach Police Department, said in a statement.
  — Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026