under duress
Example Sentences
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They rise when Americans feel secure enough financially, and soften when families are under duress.
From MarketWatch • May 16, 2026
If you were on the grand jury, can you blink twice if you were under duress?
From Slate • May 2, 2026
Filled with my furniture, with paintings and posters leaning against its corrugated metal walls, it looked like the house in microcosm, as if I had moved, under duress, to a shipping container.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026
However, Masud has claimed the confession is false, was made under duress and should be ruled inadmissible before his trial in Washington DC later this year.
From BBC • Feb. 11, 2026
In the backseat, one very unhappy twelve- year-old, me, arriving under duress for an interview.
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
