Sentence examples for was coercion from inspiring English sources
noun
Actual or threatened force for the purpose of compelling action by another person; the act of coercing.
"To me, that was coercion".
Do you accept that there was coercion for some women?
The police officer's lawyer, Lawrence S. Robbins, told the justices, "I acknowledge that there was coercion in this case".
Winfrey did press him on the question of his responsibility for his teammates doping, although she allowed him to build the case that if there was coercion it was implicit rather than overt.
By denying there was coercion by the army except in the broadest (and mildest) sense—he has dismayed Japan's allies.Most of the women herded into the brothels were from Korea, China, Taiwan, the Philippines, Indonesia and Myanmar (then Burma), though they included others too.
Withholding of liquor is coercion.
"You can't prove legally that it's coercion," Ms. McCarthy said.
"But in practice it is coercion in a state full of very poor people.
In Mr Perry's case, the charges are coercion and abuse of official capacity.
Nevertheless, themes emerge, memories breed, and there's coercion and melodrama on display in the book's cadences.
