Sentence examples for its duress from inspiring English sources
While we obsessed about its economic discomfort, Iran wore its duress with pride.
Because of its financial duress, Merrill sold its stake at a discount, these people said.
So the effect of coercion or its kin (duress, extortion) may differ depending upon the sort of action for which one seeks to limit one's responsibility, or upon the moral context in which one acted.
But these sources are now being shopped by the company that offered to shield them (before it changed its mind under the duress of its own disgrace).
Before Mr Ravalomanana stepped down (after his presidential palace had been seized), he had "voluntarily" handed power to a military directorate, which in its turn, under duress, had handed it to Mr Rajoelina.
On November 23 , 1793 it concluded its deliberations under duress, annulling the constitution and acceding to the Second Partition.
The group is known to recruit children from its strongholds under duress to train them as soldiers and use them as human shields, suicide bombers and enforcers.
I was taking it under duress.
A regime riven by internal conflicts, leery of its constituents, under economic duress, and surrounded by burgeoning anti-authoritarian protest movements offers its own share of pressure points — and a more creative American approach could pay dividends, as shifting alignments among Iran's political class offer opportunities to reshape Iran's priorities.
The political class has consciously and systemically used identity-politics to advance its material interests and undermine institution-building and nation-building; in moments of duress it has called on foreign powers to sustain its dominance.
