Sentence examples for been designed to intimidate from inspiring English sources

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

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

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

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.

MUA Sydney branch secretary Paul McAleer told Guardian Australia the lockout threat was designed to intimidate the workforce but the union members would carry out the strike regardless.

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

"It was designed to intimidate guests", he says between chain-smoked cigarettes – the museum was formerly the residence of Communist dictator Todor Zhivkov, who ruled Bulgaria for 35 years up to 1989.

Smith, who cleared King of contempt, said: "From start to finish, [the request to imprison King] was designed to intimidate rather than seek a proper sanction for an alleged breach.