Sentence examples for coerced to make from inspiring English sources
But I was coerced to make a false televised confession admitting that I was acting as an agent of evil Western media.
The military filmed observers at several polling places, and one international observer felt coerced to make positive statements about the process.
The company still produced such notable efforts as Der blaue Engel (1930; The Blue Angel) and Der Kongress tanzt (1931; Congress Dances) but was coerced to make National Socialist films almost exclusively when the Nazis came to power in 1933.
The italicized phrases are important, for they demonstrate that persuasion and coercion presuppose the ability of the individual who is being persuaded or coerced to make decisions.
Don't feel you are being coerced to make a Sophie's Choice!
Many have later retracted these "confessions", stating that they were coerced to make them, sometimes after torture or other ill-treatment.
Williams found that detectives accurately depicted both situations to her and never compelled or coerced her to make a statement.
Great numbers of paintings were bought in Spain and abroad, and Spanish courtiers were coerced to lend or even to make presents of their own paintings and other art objects.
In the approach to Tabasco's state election in October, Mr Madrazo put his phrase into sharp practice, illegally spending state funds and coercing voters to make sure that a PRI man whom he had picked won the governorship.So, at least, thought the Federal Electoral Tribunal, which on December 29th annulled the Tabasco result after opposition complaints.
"There is a long practice of the Iranian authorities coercing people to make videotaped 'confessions' or statements — which are sometimes shown on national TV or sometimes are held in reserve as a means of maintaining pressure on an individual," she said.
In fact, even if the incoming administration changed its approach by coercing Israel to make important concessions and stop its settlement enterprise, this will not produce the necessary conditions to make peace at this particular juncture of the conflict.
