duress

How To Use duress In A Sentence

• At a preparatory hearing he raised possible defences of duress, necessity and public interest.
• They admitted that they gave false evidence, but said that they were under duress, having been threatened with violence by various men, one of whom was in the public gallery at the original trial.
• She had gone to that bungaloid mansion in Hampstead Garden Suburb certain she would find her patient kept under duress, perhaps even physically a prisoner, possibly maltreated, and she had been prepared to call the police and tell them here was someone detained against his will. Portobello
• But it is his characters, men and women who are forced to find their humanity amid extreme suffering and duress, who make this book memorable. Times, Sunday Times
• And a few bright shopkeepers had actually sussed that more people actually went into their shops to look, and then maybe buy, if they weren't being menaced under duress to do so.
• He does not impose Himself by force, nor does He claim people under duress.
• Leaves attacked by insects or disease, on the other hand, die under duress, spotted and curled.
• What I am interested in is determining which stance provides the best all-around control, under duress, using a defensive handgun without benefit of compensators, ports or other gadgets.
• The other players are picked from Western Canada based upon their adeptness, and general conduct as well as their ability to perform under mental and physical duress.
• One important issue is when an apparent consent will be vitiated because it was given under duress or without full knowledge of the material facts.