Sentence examples for browbeat of from inspiring English sources

His browbeat of the superdelegates to make a decision on Obama or Clinton has done nothing but cause them to dig in their heels even harder and hug the fence even tighter.

Dassey was convicted at age 17, on the basis of a confession browbeaten out of him by cynical detectives – a key scene in Laura Ricciardi and Moira Demos's Making A Murderer – despite his learning disabilities (IQ 70) and the unpardonable absence of an adult adviser during questioning.

So the book is divided into sections, each devoted to the browbeating of a particular character.

And Diana's stern browbeating of her children also includes the occasional foray into sitcom-ready insults.

There was none of the individual browbeating of recalcitrant congressmen that Mr Obama exercised with recent bills on financial reform or the extension of unemployment benefits.

Bassanes's bilious browbeating of Grausis occasionally earns a chuckle, as do the subversive asides of John Keating as another of Bassanes's servants.

His irrepressible rants against the establishment often blur into the general climate of political disgust, while his periodic browbeating of Five Star MPs reminds voters of Berlusconi.

But he deserves considerable credit in our view for not using his office to join in the leadership's browbeating of members.

What unites Johnson and Eric is what they describe as "the systematic browbeating of the white male" – namely all this talk of privilege, the Confederate flag, Black Lives Matter and mansplaining.

While he hardly welcomes the taking of his ship, he is sure that he can deal with the situation, and the transition to crisis mode represents a change of pace from the deal-making and browbeating of an underling (Dar Salim) that usually occupies his time.

Alas, as the complaint by the EU makes clear, the reality is that multinationals are still facing "administrative intimidation tactics" such as the browbeating of firms not to seek outside legal advice or to challenge investigations in court.That is a pity, for one bright spot is the progress being made by China's courts in their handling of such matters.