Sentence examples for strong-arm into from inspiring English sources

That may be so, but there is still a group of 31 MPs who rebelled 20 times or more in the last parliament and who will be harder to strong-arm into obedience.

David Letterman's people strong-arm Loudon Wainwright into switching songs.

China and India were desperate to avoid this last-minute attempt to strong-arm them into a deal.

Mr. Reid maneuvered aggressively in recent days to strong-arm Republicans into voting for the plan.

"Corinthian then used illegal debt collection practices to strong-arm students into paying back those loans while still in school".

However, EU members must avoid being seen to strong-arm Serbia into backing down on this issue.

He said Scaramella had tried to strong-arm him into providing information to the commission on Mogilevich and Ukrainian criminals based in Italy.

While he anesthetizes himself with golf and liquor, the I.R.S. comes after him for tax fraud and Shelby and her toothpaste-smile friends strong-arm him into rehab.

She asserted more government power over the universities in an attempt to strong-arm them into complying with her vision of an entrepreneurial, vocational education system.

Chancellor Angela Merkel has been accused of trying to strong-arm neighbours into following its "moral imperialism" (in the words of Hungary's Victor Orbán).

Lawyers for the owners reject that analysis, and have accused Picard of trying to strong-arm them into a massive settlement.