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

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

From BBC • Mar. 27, 2026

And, adding to that, Greenfield’s family was under duress: His dad, a graphic designer, and his mom, an art teacher and art therapist, were on the rocks.

From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel