Sentence examples for were being coerced from inspiring English sources

The vulnerable Quinceys were being coerced.

The N.C.A.A. knew that players were being coerced to lie — and did nothing to stop it.

In an interview with the Guardian earlier this year, Kenya's vice-president, William Ruto, denied that refugees were being coerced into leaving.

In the Philippines, activists forced the authorities to take action when young girls working as scavengers on rubbish dumps were being coerced into sex work.

He argued that many of his clients were being coerced into accepting a Chrysler reorganization plan that would give them about 29 cents on the dollar for their holdings.

Hyland also cited evidence that boys from Afghanistan were being made to perform "bacha bazi", which involves dancing and sexual exploitation, and that young people were being coerced into criminal activity.

It's somebody saying, 'I really don't want this, I'm being coerced into it'.

A growing number of Afghan children are being coerced into a life of sexual abuse.

If you are being coerced, then so is your doctor, as you are both being asked to conform to guidelines that may not directly benefit either of you.

Officials sound as if they are being coerced into the project, pointing to local energy shortages and to Kyrgyzstan's $200m share of the costs.

He does a radio commercial for a local Mercedes dealer that's so awkward it sounds as if he's being coerced.