Sentence examples for intimidated from inspiring English sources

"First of all, they intimidated me by bringing me to a station and putting me in a cell.

Police are investigating complaints from four campaigners who say they felt intimidated by covert officers who tried to recruit them as informants.

In one incident in Margate, he claimed, voters said they had been intimidated by Ukip supporters as they approached a polling station.

They are being bullied, they are being intimidated, they are being pressurised not to support me, so we don't have a contest".

The same applies to Bulgaria, while Serbia, the Serbian half of Bosnia and Macedonia are all being wooed or intimidated by the Russians.

There is a fine line between being inspired by the importance of a situation and being intimidated by it.

John Thavis, author of The Vatican Diaries, wrote on his blog: "One of the first things a new pope hears is: 'Holy Father, it's always done this way.' In his first 24 hours in office, Pope Francis has already given indications that he may not be intimidated by those words, as he creates his own style of being pope".

New York City had enthralled, intimidated and deafened us with its roar of taxis and hollering vendors.

And on her BBC London radio show, Vanessa Feltz said: "We take seriously people feeling harassed or threatened or intimidated – of course I do, I've got two daughters … but I just don't know how seriously this ought to be taken".

McGuinness said: "There should be no excuses for street violence that has left 28 police officers injured, Belfast city council staff injured, drivers of cars and buses intimidated and threatened.

The investigation was launched after four campaigners alleged that they felt intimidated by police officers who were trying to turn them into informers.