Sentence examples similar to browbeating someone from inspiring English sources

"The U.S. would be sadly mistaken if it thinks that it can browbeat someone through trite 'gunboat diplomacy' which it used to employ as an almighty weapon in the past and attain its sinister intention".

I might have continued to be the poorest real estate tycoon in town forever, but one day, in a surly, kick-the-cat mood, I flipped open the classified directory and picked a bank at random, intent on administering a nasty browbeating to someone, anyone.

Lowry says that the pick shows that Romney is creative and bold, which is charitable, considering that Lowry is someone who browbeat Romney into making the pick.

There is no lecturing or browbeating.

For these critics certain chord progressions are browbeating and fascistic.

And he called time on US browbeating in Latin America.

Cheerleading, browbeating and nagging is more like it.

He coached by encouraging and suggesting, rather than browbeating.

"But you certainly can't get away with browbeating people now.

Again I found myself browbeating the guys into using it, only to have something else fail.

That same time in Belgium, Armstrong was browbeating confidants to forget things they might have heard.