Sentence examples for seeking to bully from inspiring English sources

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The SNP accused Westminster on Wednesday night of seeking to bully Scotland.

Those attacks come now, as they came then, from politicians seeking to bully the state broadcaster.

Seeking to bully Cicero (an exquisitely diffident David Bamber), the conscience of the Senate, into proposing that he govern Gaul, Antony sits his reluctant ally down.

The efforts by other European leaders to turn the vote into a referendum on Greece's continued membership in the eurozone backfired horribly, apparently persuading many Greeks that their plucky little country's mighty neighbors were seeking to bully it into submission.

A bitter shareholder battle ensued the then independent directors, backed almost unanimously by institutional shareholders, accused Lewis and a small number of wealthy investors, including Lewis' friends JP McManus and John Magnier, of seeking to bully the board.

As the SNP accused the UK parties of seeking to bully the people of Scotland after the Guardian disclosed their joint plan, the shadow chancellor, Ed Balls, kicked off the campaign on Wednesday by warning that independence would be a "catastrophic mistake".

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Instead of helping families to go green, Labour has sought to bully people with bin taxes.

He sought to bully the president-elect into endorsing the administration's policies at home and abroad, especially sustaining the gold standard at whatever cost.

Her instinctive reaction to the men who seek to bully her, such as Vincent Franklin's Burleigh, is to seize them by the lapels or to taunt them with a proffered kiss.

"We've seen a series of stunts, whereby big businesses, big banks, and powerful politicians from other EU member states seek to bully the British people into believing their jobs and security are at risk".

The highlight was the showing of a clip from the movie "Remember the Titans" in which a football coach played by Denzel Washington (a Fordham alumnus) sought to bully his new players into shape.

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