Sentence examples for seems coercive from inspiring English sources

The satisfaction embodied by such quips seems coercive.

After faculty members complained that the program seemed coercive and invaded their privacy, the university suspended the penalty.

Fanny Mann's revelations, and the expectant pause that followed, seemed coercive, as if Constance now owed the woman her own confession.

His suggestion that "for Jewish people", of whom I am one, "to be so quick to be thin-skinned is not good either, and is in danger of seeming coercive" would be insulting if it were not beyond parody.

But for Jewish people to be so quick to be thin-skinned is not good either, and is in danger of seeming coercive.Baddiel's throwaway parenthesis on Israel's being "deemed the nutcase pariah-state du jour", is frankly disreputable, and gives the impression that he is "playing the antisemitism card" with more in mind than the banal misspeakings of a few footballers.

But really, cash flush companies bribing starving bloggers seems almost coercive.

The poems can seem slightly coercive performances – they assume too much; the decision to link Aldeburgh with the Middle East one example.

If German policies prevail, they will seem less coercive, and the national populist parties that have emerged with disturbing strength will be compelled to debate ordinary politics rather than demonize immigrants.

Software made easily available after the purchase of hardware seems far less coercive than some forms of partnership, including the controversial "bug" found in Google Toolbar for IE yesterday – which blocks users from changing their default search away from Google.

It does look coercive to me".

Sharkey's guess that the crime decline can be attributed to the uncomfortable but potent intersection of community action and coercive policing seems about as good as any.