Sentence examples for attempting to bully from inspiring English sources

Gill insisted that the club was not attempting to bully its smaller French rival.

Mrs McCann accuses Portuguese detectives of attempting to "bully" her into confessing to hiding Madeleine's body, and voices her fears that the "lovely" sight of her daughter in a new outfit may have led to her kidnap.

He said the US was attempting to "bully" Russia and other nations from giving asylum to Snowden, but "every person has the right to seek and receive political asylum.

Those river views must not, it seems, be obscured by anybody who might be living another kind of riverside lifestyle, as those in the houseboats allege that the developers have been attempting to bully them off the river.

So he is spending much less time courting the Republicans in Congress, and much more in the bully pulpit, attempting to bully them into submission.Democrats like to think that Mr Obama has nothing to lose in the ongoing stand-off over the budget.

American billionaire Donald Trump has been accused of attempting to bully the Scottish government.

Labour, under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown, attempted to bully private housebuilders into including social housing in their estates.

Blackburn did not attempt to bully Chelsea but it might have been better if they had.

E-mails emerged in the wake of the Sandusky scandal that showed how Paterno attempted to bully and manipulate administrators.

The Lakers assistant Brian Shaw compared the Celtics' defensive schemes against Gasol to the Detroit Pistons Bad Boyss era, when they attempted to bully Michael Jordan out of his game.

As an Italian tenor sings an aria, Ochs attempts to bully a notary into writing out a marriage contract that will favour him greatly.