intimidate

“Those who feel like they can intimidate our fellow citizens to take out their anger don’t represent the best of America,” he said.

From Salon ● Sep. 11, 2026

Civil rights organizations including the American Civil Liberties Union accused the department of attempting to intimidate the public by arming agents with another use-of-force option.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026

At his peak, he could intimidate established incumbents into retiring.

From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026

They deny it is to intimidate but say it is to protect themselves and their families.

From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026

He had not expected anything like this; he had not thought that this world would be so utterly different from his own that it would intimidate him.

From "Native Son" by Richard Wright

Offering a lot to process—historically, technically and visually—“Sèvres Extraordinaire!” is that rare species of exhibition that impresses and intimidates in equal measure.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2025

The Protection from Harassment Act 1997 allows for prosecution if a photographer threatens, stalks, intimidates or causes distress.

From Reuters ● May 18, 2023

It’s clear by now that no pitcher, from Scherzer to Verlander, intimidates the youngster.

From Seattle Times ● May 27, 2022

In this scene, Nick seems drawn to her pain like a moth to light — this is a vulnerable Frances, not the opaque, sharp-tongued woman whose silence so often disturbs and intimidates him.

From Salon ● May 24, 2022

When he looks at the Mona Lisa, he sees the same contradictory mix, and it intimidates him.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day

Luckily I went after I mainly finished writing the book because otherwise I would have been so intimidated by the physical manifestation of how much Christie means to people.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026

Regan told investigators and The Times that he swore at Bartholow but denied that he physically intimidated her.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Posting on social media, Robinson-Foster said he would "not be intimidated" by the prospect of legal repercussions.

From BBC ● Aug. 27, 2026

"Never mind the residents being intimidated," he says.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

He intimidated all of us: parents, children, dogs, cats.

From "The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate" by Jacqueline Kelly

“The prospect of having to do all of that alone can be very intimidating for women” who are also dealing with trauma and rebuilding their lives, Messenger said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

As a physically smaller woman, she said she found tackling some of them "intimidating", but had become more hardened to it through experience.

From BBC ● Sep. 16, 2026

Sri Lanka's Supreme Court overturned Thursday a presidential pardon granted to a hardline Buddhist monk and ordered him to serve the remainder of a six-year prison sentence for intimidating the wife of a missing cartoonist.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Released months after Chavez-DeRemer resigned under a cloud of allegations, the 40-page report by the department’s internal watchdog described a “toxic, intimidating and humiliating” workplace at the federal agency tasked with protecting U.S. workers.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

He remembers to add a smile when he shakes my hand, like someone told him he’s less intimidating that way.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed