Sentence examples for i extort from from inspiring English sources

"The menace of the abyss will be subdued," he writes, "when I extort from you the most lovely cries / and quivering whispered pleas".

"The man from whom I did not accept city cleaning, road repairs, wrote a report that I extorted bribes from him," he said.

That they will extort from us the maximum that they possibly can.

"That's the first dollar I ever extorted".

"I'd like to give you this check for $25,000 you extorted from me in order to get on the ballot," he joked.

But after Russia tried to extort money from me I sent wave after wave of troops in, spending years fighting a war I just couldn't win.

"About $30 billion was extorted from this state.

ETA came to rely financially on robberies, kidnappings, and "revolutionary taxes" extorted from businessmen.

So the gunmen have switched to extorting from oil companies rather than mayors.

"About $30 billion was extorted from this state," Gray Davis, California's governor, said last week.

Some people actually say he extorts from his customers.