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

There have been differing claims about whether the mercenaries in Evros are recruited willingly or under duress.

From BBC • Apr. 14, 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

Proving that your mother approved this transaction would require written authorization or a gift agreement, and proof that she understood the transaction and was not under duress.

From MarketWatch • Feb. 11, 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