We have neither the intention nor the capacity to browbeat anyone. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Verb (used with object), : They browbeat him into agreeing. From Dictionary.com.
He browbeat the military to get it to where it was. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 14, 2006] Reference
'How am I supposed to browbeat him if he isn't here?. From Wordnik.com. [Captain Corelli's Mandolin]
"Don't try to browbeat me," he said through his teeth. From Wordnik.com. [The Paternoster Ruby] Reference
You cannot browbeat your way into opportunities to succeed. From Wordnik.com. [Certain Success] Reference
Chapter LVI, when Lady Catherine is trying to browbeat Elizabeth. From Wordnik.com. [Jane Austen, Her Life and Letters A Family Record] Reference
He just browbeat 'em an 'left 'em with all their canvas slattin'. From Wordnik.com. [Cap'n Abe, Storekeeper] Reference
Dumouriez and the war party to browbeat the wellnigh desperate King into. From Wordnik.com. [Calvert of Strathore] Reference
Skellum would often browbeat him before praising him, but this was different. From Wordnik.com. [Chainer's Torment]
He will bully and browbeat if he can, and he will coax and cajole if he can't. From Wordnik.com. [A Yankee in the Trenches] Reference
O'HANLON: Well, we try to browbeat him and remind him of what his promises were. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 31, 2002] Reference
Bad enough that Islamists browbeat and threaten people who express such opinions. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
So I said, ‘Did the police browbeat the defendant or lie to her or trick her?’. From Wordnik.com. [7th Heaven]
She nagged and browbeat poor Nellie until the girl lost her nerve and began to cry. From Wordnik.com. [The Girls of Central High Aiding the Red Cross Or Amateur Theatricals for a Worthy Cause] Reference
You had a clear and transparent agenda to blame and browbeat rather than to inform. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Nov 20, 2005] Reference
Why, I was as bad as Nan herself, to go over there and simply browbeat her as I did!. From Wordnik.com. [The Governess] Reference
Dennis Tito literally browbeat his way into the space station over objection by NASA. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Sep 21, 2002] Reference
Tony would throw his oldest-brother weight around and try to browbeat him into talking. From Wordnik.com. [One-ClickBuy:SeptemberHarlequinBlaze]
They could've take a stand on Fl and Mich and not allow Hillary camp browbeat them into it. From Wordnik.com. [Boston Globe Notices Limbaugh Dems For Hillary] Reference
And the guy is going to browbeat her and he ` s going to do everything he can to discredit her. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 14, 2005] Reference
KISSINGER: Well, I don't know how you browbeat generals who have direct access to the president. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Apr 16, 2006] Reference
CAFFERTY: Through their poor, misguided children that they just browbeat and pound on mercilessly. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 11, 2005] Reference
I think an effort simply to browbeat him into becoming a policeman for Sharon is doomed to failure. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 27, 2002] Reference
He didn't browbeat me or anything like that or, you know, try to discredit me or anything like that. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 7, 2002] Reference
Gretta had been pretty surly so far, which made me wonder how Delia'd browbeat her into coming along. From Wordnik.com. [The Year's Best Science Fiction 23rd Annual Collection]
“She says with authority how cops can browbeat and trick suspects into making false confessions.”. From Wordnik.com. [7th Heaven]
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