Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for arm-twisted
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This might take a series of browbeating prompts, but that’s not a big deal.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025 -
Not to mention the relentless White House campaign to browbeat Fed Chair Jerome Powell to lower rates while auditioning dovish successors.—
Michael Santoli,
CNBC,
16 Aug. 2025
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This generation isn’t intimidated by the attention of major brands, nor necessarily impressed by it.—
Dana Harris-Bridson,
IndieWire,
3 Nov. 2025
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He's attracted to strong women, not intimidated by them.—
Ryan Coleman,
Entertainment Weekly,
30 Oct. 2025
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Levy, for his part, does seem honestly fascinated and a little cowed by spending time with William, but that humility feels just as weird.—
Kathryn VanArendonk,
Vulture,
3 Oct. 2025
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If the Democrats are cowed by that threat, their leaders are not showing it.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
30 Sep. 2025
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An unverified report circulated over the weekend that said Brown claimed Harbour bullied her on set.—
Joey Nolfi,
Entertainment Weekly,
7 Nov. 2025
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The complaint alleges Kalumbula didn't protect the student when other students bullied him for having gay parents.—
Kelli Arseneau,
jsonline.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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When people see concrete evidence that leadership is investing in their capability–and not just deploying technology for its own sake–they’ll shift from feeling threatened to feeling empowered.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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English became a buffer, a soft curtain between myself and the memories that threatened to undo me.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
6 Nov. 2025
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Jason Sudeikis, Robert Smigel, and George Wendt hectored Kelce to (1) make Taylor pony up for a new stadium and (2) propose already.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
14 Aug. 2025
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Israeli soldiers bulldozed the cemetery down the road with no headstones visible to indicate who is buried where.—
Jane Arraf,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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The old hospital will eventually be bulldozed, creating a green open space — and a site where a second tower could be constructed.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
27 Oct. 2025
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And when placed counter to men in power, we’re shamed; just take the long-overdue imprisonment of Diddy and the public vitriol towards his female victims.—
Essence,
Essence,
15 Oct. 2025
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Kirk’s former chief of staff Mikey McCoy shamed Cohen for the comments in a post on X early Thursday morning.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Arm-twisted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/arm-twisted. Accessed 17 Nov. 2025.
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