"It was an intimidating situation," Mr. Peterson said.
Faced with an unfamiliar or intimidating situation, they may well feel uncomfortable voicing their thoughts and opinions.
His backup, Clint Trickett, threw a tying 56-yard touchdown pass in the fourth quarter against the Sooners, but starting for the first time in a tough road environment could be an intimidating situation.
The jury heard that it was an "intimidating situation... where you've got somebody of that rank wanting me to do something that I didn't want to do, that I felt uncomfortable with".
"It's a surprise to be in this position," Deco said of the club's erratic progress in group A of the Champions League, "because we have lost just one game [in Rome]." It is, in practice, not so very intimidating a situation.
"Because you got out of college feeling that you were capable of anything and not intimidated by situations where you were in the minority".
"I can feel intimidated in situations I don't feel confident in," Reznor remembered of his initial meetings with Fincher for "The Social Network".
Not in the viewpoint of university officials, who fret over another statistic: About a quarter of students and staff say that they had experienced exclusionary, intimidating or offensive situations at the universities.
Instead, they appear intent on destabilising the fragile political situation, intimidating pro-Ukraine groups and creating an atmosphere of fear.
Not because she's an intimidating and mean person by any stretch, but it's just a very intimidating situation.
"He's not intimidated by any situations.
