Sentence examples for coerced an from inspiring English sources

And on Nov. 4, 2003, he coerced an aide to accompany him to polling places on a holiday.

My fellow press wranglers at the time, Marie and Antoinette (yes, these are their actual names), coerced an Associated Press photographer to hide in the bushes and take pictures.

The idea that every individual is an unstable alloy of insight and obtuseness, of tenderness and cruelty, places exceptional demands on actors, and Mr. Solondz has once again coaxed and coerced an astonishing array of performances.

One robber, Gordon Goody, now living in Spain, sued the People from prison for suggesting he had "coerced an innocent and decent young woman" into taking part in the robbery.

Unless the government has persuaded or coerced an associate of Bonds to testify, the government will need to rely on circumstantial evidence to show the incredulity of Bonds's explanation.

A principal at a Lower Manhattan high school who performed a Santeria religious ceremony at the school and coerced an assistant to help pay for it is likely to be fired, officials of the Department of Education said yesterday.

Prosecutors say they coerced a friend at knifepoint to help them flee the city.

He denied killing her — saying detectives coerced a false confession — but admitted helping dispose of her body.

With no nationally known revolutionary leaders on hand, the rebels coerced a colonel, Li Yuanhong, to assume military command, although only as a figurehead.

The pressure piled on by their captain coerced a fearless Wigan into not allowing the weight of defeats and relegation chatter to engulf them.

Anthony Pirro appealed, arguing that the trial judge had coerced a holdout juror and that a prosecutor had unfairly compared him to Richard Nixon.