Example Sentences
Recent Examples of Synonyms for browbeatings
Noun
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The reason behind this movement was a complex combination of the shifting need for resources, population pressures and external political factors.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Jan. 2026 -
Yet some near-term pressures remain.—
Hugh Leask,
CNBC,
15 Jan. 2026
Noun
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As somebody who has served in ICE and understands the importance of conducting immigration enforcement in as safe and nonpublic way as possible, picking people up from prisons and jails is a huge piece of ICE doing its job well and within reasonable constraints.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
14 Jan. 2026
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Researchers say the work could dramatically expand the range of treatable cancers and genetic diseases by overcoming long-standing data and technical constraints in gene therapy.—
Jeremy Kahn,
Fortune,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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The Los Angeles Police Department could not immediately provide details of his arrest, but NBC4 reported that Sutherland allegedly got into an altercation with a ride-hailing driver, and was booked on suspicion of criminal threats.—
City News Service,
Daily News,
14 Jan. 2026
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Arechiga’s mother had also filed a restraining order against her son due to threats, but it was later dropped when no one showed up in court for the follow-up hearing on the request, according to court records.—
City News Service,
Oc Register,
13 Jan. 2026
Noun
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These obsessions and compulsions interfere with daily activities and cause significant distress.—
Catherine Santino,
PEOPLE,
12 Jan. 2026
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These obsessions and compulsions can vary from person to person.—
Alyssa Goldberg,
USA Today,
15 Dec. 2025
Noun
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Women who died in childbirth, young men who died in war, infants who died before baptism—these especially pitiable dead were sometimes thought to become terrors whom the living would need to finish off once and for all.—
Rivka Galchen,
New Yorker,
7 Jan. 2026
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What better way to avoid the terrors of Dry January than by sneaking yourself into the cozy snug of The Pub, a compendium of Britain’s quintessential third space.—
Air Mail,
Air Mail,
3 Jan. 2026
Noun
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His job is to help fight these teeny-tiny menaces.—
John Metcalfe,
Mercury News,
7 Nov. 2025
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Perhaps the most familiar trope of Scooby-Doo stories is the resolution, where our investigators unmask the human villains who are menaces dressed as monsters.—
Chris Snellgrove,
Entertainment Weekly,
24 Oct. 2025
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“Browbeatings.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/browbeatings. Accessed 18 Jan. 2026.
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