Sentence examples for be designed to intimidate from inspiring English sources

These might be designed to intimidate and confuse the Iraqi leaders.

Some witnesses at the hotel said the raid appeared to be designed to intimidate journalists on the eve of the referendum.

It is designed to intimidate.

"I feel that some of this activity has been designed to intimidate the Guardian".

He condemns the threat: Burning books is designed to intimidate people.

Critics argue that the campaign is designed to intimidate bloggers and discourage dissent.

That's designed to intimidate critics by making them seem vaguely pinko.

Noonan said Abbott and Abetz often claimed their argument was with "union bosses" but this latest action was designed to intimidate individual workers.

He suggested that the release of Gorilla was designed to intimidate specific (but unnamed) individuals ahead of a general election on March 10th.

Smith said: "From start to finish [the request to jail King] was designed to intimidate rather than seek a proper sanction for an alleged breach.

"What the defendant was intent upon was designed to intimidate a section of the public that were there to witness what he was doing.