Example sentences for: coercion

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

  • 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.

  • The notion of “appropriate roles in life” still governed relations among equals and it would take decades for Americans to grasp that the politics of equality can not brook the coercion of women into domestic, apolitical roles, nor could some misguided theory of social organization tolerate the relegation of blacks to a limited number of lower-status professions.

  • 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.

  • Proving the requisite coercion is harder still when a spending program is not universal but limited, providing benefits to a restricted number of recipients, see Rust v.

  • 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 ] .


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