under duress

Example Sentences

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If you were on the grand jury, can you blink twice if you were under duress?

From Slate • May 2, 2026

It’s a cat-and-mouse movie with some initiative, and even if that drive ultimately goes nowhere, the film at least manages to make its characters’ strength under duress believable.

From Salon • Mar. 29, 2026

"We still do not know exactly what we are signing up to, and are essentially doing so under duress."

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

It could say the deal was made under duress and is thus void, as some sympathizers have floated.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 27, 2026

The third for setting fire to her Housemistress’s false-hair bun, which, under duress, Rahel confessed to having stolen.

From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy