Sentence examples for directly intimidating from inspiring English sources
Berger's firing was a signal that regulatory power can be used to engender broadcasting more or less friendly to Likud's policies, not by directly intimidating journalists but by shaping ambient pressures on owners and managers of the media companies.
(According to news reports, Richard's family has claimed they were directly intimidated by Khobragade's family after they protested about her working conditions).
They are aimed directly at intimidating critics and interfering with a legitimate investigation.
"The tapes also refer to command officers calling crime victims directly to intimidate them about their complaints".
All parties to a concern are prohibited from engaging in intimidating actions directly or through support persons.
This is Russia directly trying to intimidate the eastern and northern members of Nato through these flights, through its submarine activity and talk of renewing its ballistic missiles.
Now I'm not much of a 3-wood player -- I've always found hitting lower-lofted clubs directly off the grass visually intimidating.
For label owners at the London market, the opportunity to interact directly with buyers felt novel, even intimidating.
And while there are, of course, other directories to hire a photographer online, they often make you pick from a list, then negotiate on price directly with the photographer, which is intimidating for someone not used to booking photographers.
He campaigned on a platform of vitriolic disdain for news, polls, and dissent, and protesters will never have the opportunity to confront him directly — to "bully and intimidate him".
