Sentence examples for I extorted from inspiring English sources

"The man from whom I did not accept city cleaning, road repairs, wrote a report that I extorted bribes from him," he said.

"The menace of the abyss will be subdued," he writes, "when I extort from you the most lovely cries / and quivering whispered pleas".

May I extort, then, the indulgence of a further se'nnight?" In David Lodge's novel "Changing Places," a tweedy little British academic goes to teach at Euphoric State University, on the West Coast, while a big brash American academic goes to teach at a rain-sodden redbrick called Rummidge.

"That's the first dollar I ever extorted".

It was hurled at me like an insult, like a threat, and wasn't nearly as enjoyable as the time I was extorted by a female stripper.

"I will not be extorted, I am not afraid," said Ms Fernandez at the end of her speech.

So I knew I hadn't extorted money out of them".

I feel like I'm being extorted, or told where to look or how to feel.

Sure, I may feel extorted while pumping near-five-buck gas, but the price is out in the open, and a gallon is still a gallon.

To the contrary, I have chosen my battles because I believe in fighting for truth, and I will not be extorted by threats and baseless allegations.

"I knew I wasn't extorting anybody".