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 problem is that they require an admission--which Murray never makes directly--that decisions made by a democratic government within the boundaries of a constitution are not merely "force" but also "cooperation," albeit with a certain degree of legitimate coercion.

  • 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.

  • tithe, v . (rhymes with Smith ) to pay off another prisoner or a phony religion or shaman under coercion or threat of coercion.

  • When the limited spending program does not create a public forum, proving coercion is virtually impossible, because simply denying a subsidy "does not 'coerce' belief," Lyng v.


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