How to Use coercion in a Sentence

coercion

noun
  • But there’s a sort of coercion in the screenplay all the same.
    — Helen Shaw, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2021
  • Here’s one result of the coercion, though.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • No evidence of abuse, coercion, none of those claims have come to fruition.
    — Washington Post, 24 June 2018
  • What are the limits of force, coercion and power?
    — Robert Parkinson, The Conversation, 24 June 2026
  • The coercion has gone, but the habit of women working in labs has remained.
    — The Economist, 18 July 2019
  • In a capital war, those ties are used as leverage for coercion.
    — Brandon Kochkodin, Forbes.com, 20 Jan. 2026
  • There are times when peer pressure does involve coercion and when kids will need refusal skills.
    — Phyllis Fagell, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Abuse, threats and coercion have been the norm for so many women trying to do business or make art.
    — Yohana Desta, vanityfair.com, 10 Oct. 2017
  • When should guidance be replaced by the full power of state coercion?
    — Dan Hannan, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 14 June 2024
  • He was charged with assault, coercion and rioting, all three of which are felonies.
    — Fox News, 23 Aug. 2020
  • And some of that coercion has been directed against our allies.
    — Jamie McIntyre, Washington Examiner, 8 Mar. 2021
  • Real harm happened when the state used its powers of coercion in pursuit of this aim.
    — Kwame Anthony Appiah, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2024
  • The girls are shook — first by the coercion in the tent, and then by the boy with cancer’s sister, who is ready to beat ass.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Markets are not pricing coercion or force.
    — Joel Shulman, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Now a committee is reviewing whether or not coercion played a role in her death.
    — Vanessa Etienne, PEOPLE, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Peace built on threats, coercion, or the exclusion of key parties from the process cannot endure.
    — Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
  • That's not freedom, that's coercion.
    — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026
  • Aside from the handcuffs, little in the frame signals coercion or loss of control.
    — Debbie Millman, Time, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Negative freedom means freedom from coercion—no one telling you what to do.
    — Henrietta Moore, Fortune, 16 Sep. 2025
  • In the ruling, the judge noted that Knight’s claims of coercion lacked any basis.
    — Makena Gera, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
  • And some of it crosses the line into deception or coercion.
    — Gregory M. Dickinson, The Conversation, 18 May 2026
  • In practice, they are enmeshed in the same web of patronage and coercion as the rest of the system.
    — Bobby Ghosh, Time, 5 Mar. 2026
  • He's been charged with assault in the second degree, coercion, and riot.
    — Haley Victory Smith, Washington Examiner, 21 Aug. 2020
  • Labor trafficking involves the use of force, fraud or coercion to obtain some type of work.
    — Allison Hatfield, Dallas News, 14 Jan. 2020
  • The threat of further economic coercion had teeth.
    — Alexander Gabuev, Foreign Affairs, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Madison turned to the tactic of economic coercion with a ban on trade with Britain.
    — Susan Dunn, New York Times, 1 Nov. 2017
  • The point of the games is to identify the threshold at which coercion becomes crisis.
    — Micah McCartney, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Lance Leipold wasn’t going to going to brag on that win without a little coercion.
    — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 14 July 2022
  • Beckwith doesn’t just say churches should be free of government coercion.
    — Alexandria Burris, IndyStar, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Still more felt cornered or frightened in the moment, and agreed to go along with the demands in order to make the coercion end.
    — Jessica P. Ogilvie, chicagotribune.com, 12 Mar. 2018

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