Example sentences for: coercion

How can you use “coercion” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Proving unconstitutional coercion is difficult enough when the spending program has universal coverage and excludes only certain speech- such as a tax exemption scheme excluding lobbying expenses.

  • Four strategies have been advanced for improving the practices of retail pharmacies in developing countries: information, persuasion, incentives and coercion [ 13 ] . To date, very few interventions to change retailer behaviours through persuasion (or any other means) have been systematically introduced and evaluated [ 14 ] . One intervention for pharmacy attendants in Kenya and Indonesia, called "face to face educational outreach," resulted in significant short-term improvements in diarrhoeal product sales and communication with customers on diarrhoea treatment [ 15 ] . Other studies have indicated that job aids tailored to the needs of the target audience can positively affect performance [ 16 ] .

  • "Bill Clinton's war, dismissed as a 'coward's war' and ridiculed as 'immaculate coercion,' will be vindicated," Mary Dejevsky wrote.

  • In its groveling 1990 editorial apology, the Inquirer said: "Our critics countered that to dangle cash or some other benefit in front of a desperately poor woman is tantamount to coercion.

  • If the Nazi state had rested only on coercion, it's doubtful that Hitler could have persuaded millions of Germans to remain loyal to him, and to fight heroically to the end of the war.


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