Sentence examples for to duress from inspiring English sources

They accused Mr. Morrissey and others of subjecting her to "duress and undue influence".

Hicks's lawyers had argued their client could not be sued under Australia's criminal profit law because the conditions at Guantanamo amounted to duress.

But Australia's immigration minister, Philip Ruddock, said the captain had "acquiesced to duress" after some asylum seekers threatened to jump overboard.

Costly litigation, conducted in open court, would rarely be worth it and would open the door to duress at the end of relationships.

"Pastors have been threatened, subjected to duress and forced closure of churches, various forms of discriminations.

Usually, one or both parties is being subjected to duress or coercion by outside forces, like members of their family or community.

Activists have described the move as politically motivated and say it is aimed at putting pressure on Sotoudeh who is believed be to under duress to make confessions against her activities.

Under what appeared to be duress, Oliver posted to his Soundcloud an entire LP, slow'motion.wave, his first new work in almost a year.

The murkiness was highlighted this week when Argentina seemed to offer, under duress, to negotiate with the 8% of its bondholders who refused to accept any losses after a huge default in 2001.

Walked around the neighborhood asking everybody if they'd seen my brother, even the gringos, and my mother had to be under serious duress to speak to a gringo.

QUESTION FROM JAMES: Don't think Ryan meant to use duress in that way… QUESTION FROM GUEST: Embarrassed to think Paul is from my state.