Sentence examples for the duress from inspiring English sources

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the duress

verb

To put under duress; to pressure.

  • Someone was duressing her.

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His unbelief really does have the duress of a recoil.

The Taliban accounts may be influenced by the duress of interrogation or tinged with bravado.

Most Iranians are aware of the duress people suffer in jail.

Few Iranians are unaware of the duress the people suffer in jail.

According to relatives, their health has badly deteriorated under the duress of their imprisonment.

He says he falsely confesses to going to Afghanistan because of the duress of the torture.

"You don't appreciate the duress we've been playing under," the Australian added.

These deals are often made under the duress of a trade demand, and with the player dictating his preferred destinations.

The duress under which they were written renders them sparer and less fluent than he was at his best.

But Pettitte held together in spite of the duress, lasting seven innings as the Yankees defeated Baltimore, 5-2.

Everything from how bills seemed to pass only under the duress of a deadline to the lack of social interaction across party lines was unusual, they said.

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