Verb (used with object), : They browbeat him into agreeing. From Dictionary.com.
He had not been browbeaten into it by his grandmother. From Wordnik.com. [Ungrateful Governess]
You don't take kindly for being berated and browbeaten?. From Wordnik.com. [Excerpt from Urdoxa 2.0] Reference
But he was tired of being browbeaten by adult attitudes. From Wordnik.com. [The Color of Her Panties]
"No doubt," said Frank, determined not to be browbeaten. From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's Angel] Reference
But these rising powers were not prepared to be browbeaten. From Wordnik.com. [Flynt and Hillary Mann Leverett: Hegemony Challenged: Turkey and Brazil Take on The United States and the UN Security Council Over Iran] Reference
A browbeaten glance, almost of misery, was all she gave him. From Wordnik.com. [The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid] Reference
“No doubt,” said Frank, determined not to be browbeaten. From Wordnik.com. [Ayala's Angel] Reference
"I won't be browbeaten into taking this settlement," she says. From Wordnik.com. [Vioxx Settlement Plan] Reference
Americans were browbeaten into buying them as a patriotic duty. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Quicklink: Bailout Bonds?] Reference
"But you may occupy the Herr Hauptman's," burst out the browbeaten. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier] Reference
We should not be browbeaten by pontificating decrees from on high. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Today] Reference
She was browbeaten and bullied, and still she stood (or sat) her ground. From Wordnik.com. [Reflections About the Presidential Race, and the First Amendment] Reference
He was not easily browbeaten, and was generally prepared to browbeat others. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Clerks] Reference
Even the scurrying, browbeaten gold miners of Nibelheim seemed to make sense. From Wordnik.com. [How SFO Closed Its Season] Reference
I will not be browbeaten every moment of every day and scolded whenever I fall. From Wordnik.com. [Slightly Married]
Why, thought he to himself, should he be thus browbeaten by a dirty old Newgate lawyer?. From Wordnik.com. [The Three Clerks] Reference
But if she stood firm, refusing to be browbeaten or cajoled, they gave her short shrift. From Wordnik.com. [Ultima Thule] Reference
You can't have it that it's very nuance and that they were browbeaten into being very clear. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 8, 2003] Reference
As you mentioned, she told the jury that she was browbeaten by the police in Perugia, Italy. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jun 15, 2009] Reference
Then he counterpunched: "And I won't be browbeaten into launching a war that wasn't necessary.". From Wordnik.com. [Obama Wins Mississippi Primary] Reference
And so it is with men of great talents, who are browbeaten and viewed with disfavour by their age. From Wordnik.com. [Lunheng] Reference
Political candor has now been beguiled and browbeaten away from the bully pulpit of civic leaders. From Wordnik.com. [Are We a Nation of Liars?] Reference
He has all the non-coms on to him out of jealousy; and he's bullied and browbeaten beyond endurance. From Wordnik.com. [VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea] Reference
Almost all of us have been browbeaten into believing that only they can lead us back from the lemming-cliff. From Wordnik.com. [Bob Franken: Bubbleheads Everywhere] Reference
VELEZ-MITCHELL: Jessica, do you believe she was browbeaten into the false confession that she later recanted?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2009] Reference
And she may have changed her story and admitted to something she didn ` t do because she was being browbeaten. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Dec 8, 2009] Reference
And I think a lot of people feel that she ` s kind of getting browbeaten in a way that ` s a little bit unfair. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 1, 2009] Reference
Mr. Baucus has browbeaten the IRS over the gap, demanding plans to close it and putting out newsletters decrying it. From Wordnik.com. [A Geithner Tax Amnesty] Reference
Nobody could have browbeaten her, none irritated her nerves, exhausted her patience, or over-reached her astuteness. From Wordnik.com. [Villette] Reference
CEOs, even some good ones, are taken to task and browbeaten by these inept people who have no clue how to run a business. From Wordnik.com. [Barney's Doing His Job, Henderson Isn't] Reference
Safe in the knowledge that Pretoria has been browbeaten into submission, ANC hit squad activity has intensified dramatically. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Captain Tom, however, had handled too many serious situations in France to be browbeaten by a termagant like Miss Susan Timmins. From Wordnik.com. [Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point] Reference
"The matter can be easily remedied," said the browbeaten doctor; "Mr. Sherlock Holmes can return to London by the morning train.". From Wordnik.com. [The Adventure of the Priory School] Reference
His own villagers could no doubt be browbeaten so, but the Zebn were too near the desert to be measured by a purely peasant-measure. From Wordnik.com. [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference
Will they be a compliant minority browbeaten into "doing something," or will they stand for accountability and fiscal responsibility?. From Wordnik.com. [The Fan/Fred Bailout Is a Scandal] Reference
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