intimidate

Example Sentences

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In one case, police detained a pro-royalist supporter, Durga Prasai, for social media posts allegedly meant to intimidate potential voters.

From Barron's • Mar. 3, 2026

We have introduced the Transnational Repression Policy Act, which would establish a clear U.S. strategy to hold accountable foreign governments and their agents who intimidate or harm people in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 2, 2026

Klausner also ruled that some of the actions that Seitz’s attorneys argued were meant to intimidate him instead appeared to be “routine law enforcement interactions.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2026

“They should not be anonymous. They should be identifiable. And they have to have rules of engagement that don’t allow them to terrorize and intimidate, harass and assault U.S. citizens and other people,” he said.

From Salon • Feb. 2, 2026

I look around at the Career Tributes who are showing off, clearly trying to intimidate the field.

From "The Hunger Games" by Suzanne Collins