How To Use Intimidated In A Sentence

Oh I forgot, the nice man intimidated her into signing the car documents over to him.
Nevertheless, the only East European country to sign up has been Romania (and the Romanian government is now back-pedalling, claiming that it was intimidated by Washington).
There's not a huge level of power available-you can snap the throttle open without feeling intimidated.
Quite a few of them would even stub out their cigarettes so enraptured, and intimidated, would they be by the blizzard of technical virtuosity that we, today, take for granted. Debra Levine: Ballets Russes Updated: Aspen Santa Fe Ballet Turns 15
Too many students left the teach-in feeling intimidated not by the overwhelming opposition to the war, but to the way an academic forum became a fervid presentation of an exclusive viewpoint.

They have vandalised property, strewn litter and intimidated staff and residents.
And the stakes are high - tribal peoples are intimidated, beaten and sometimes killed for opposing modern-day land grabs.
Mr Williams praised the Gardaí but vowed not to be intimidated by those in the criminal underworld who he has been exposing for more than a decade.
Some people are intimidated by his size, but in fact he's a gentle giant.
Nevertheless, the only East European country to sign up has been Romania (and the Romanian government is now back-pedalling, claiming that it was intimidated by Washington).
What has happened to the player whose very presence intimidated those around him?
Then having signalled that he was quite unintimidated he replied mildly: `Who told you I was negotiating with Christie's? ABSOLUTE TRUTHS
George Mason coach Jim Larranaga admitted the Patriots were intimidated from the start. USATODAY.com
Some people are intimidated by his size, but in fact he's a gentle giant.
The thief intimidated the boy into not telling the police.
Our hawksbills were visiting in search of food and unintimidated by the sharks or by us.
Although he was easily intimidated by the other boys, especially by Jack, he did not lack the self-confidence to protest or speak out against the indignities from the boys as the shy former choirboy Simon did.
Most of the men seem to be intimidated by her, or at least, contemptuous of her because she's disingenuous.
With so many details to remember, it is understandable that many birders are intimidated by this accipitrine affinity.
They were intimidated into accepting a pay cut by the threat of losing their jobs.
To say that shoppers feel intimidated by them is a slur on their characters.
The growth of anticommunist violence in Miami had intimidated many people from taking activist roles in liberal politics throughout south Florida.
Rossiter refused to be intimidated and met Bradley's level gaze, steady in his resolve.
We are a peaceful people - yet we're not a fragile people, and we will not be intimidated by thugs and killers.
Maybe she felt intimidated by their bald, shiny appearance - promising nothing but uncalculated, unsystematic and unpredictable rolling movements, which only seemed to increase the possibility of her becoming a loser in the game.
Some people are intimidated by his size, but in fact he's a gentle giant.
Clearly not intimidated by a design challenge, British table mathematician, designer and artist Anthony Leyland has developed these creative tables sliced, bent, shaped and reworked from a single 1-square meter sheet of steel. Too Peace Table
His hideous ears must represent the eavesdroping spies of the Inquisition who intimidated and stifled the people. Alex Jones' Prison Planet.com
But there was really a better chance of finding Rhodes in the open, for he peregrinated here, there and everywhere, too much of a fatalist, or too fond of fresh air to be intimidated by what was flying in it. The Siege of Kimberley
Now Mr. Prime Minister, this Turkey of politically pressured columnists, officially intimidated hand-holders and beaten-up art gallery attendees is not the progressive democratic country you were talking about. Elcin Poyrazlar: Democracy Is Coming to Turkey?
It's an ambassador program for hackers who want to come to New York, but are intimidated by the city, " Wegener says.
Just as my fellow students were intimidated by formal grammar, a lot of otherwise sophisticated people are intimidated by spirits, cocktails and mixed drinks.
The press is heavily controlled and intimidated into self-censorship.
You no longer have to settle with existing designs, or be intimidated by the workload of redesigning your sites.
He comported himself so stiffly during cocktails that Jim Maier suspected the bishop might be feeling intimidated.
I was motoring along, a little intimidated by the evil eye I was getting from taxi drivers, when the bus in front of me stopped to pick up passengers.
In last year's presidential elections, the main opposition candidate - a Hutu - was harassed, his supporters intimidated and ballot stuffing was rife.
Tyminski declined to concede defeat immediately and claimed that people had been intimidated into voting for Walesa.
To be honest the school itself intimidated her, with its stainless reputation, wealthy attendants, and so to speak beautiful people.
Members of the public said they had been scared and felt intimidated because of the large numbers of youths congregating near their homes.
I was too little to understand what had happened and too intimidated to argue with the teacher.
Gehrig launching moonshot after moonshot, the Yankees had intimidated the singles-hitting Pirates into submission.
More often, the Provisionals intimidated the owners of bombed buildings into sharing with them part of the compensation.
He strode toward her, not appearing the least intimidated by the dirk she brandished. Healing the Highlander
It was obvious that Rhee had intimidated the national assembly with threats of arrest.
You have been intimidated by their moralising self-righteousness, brow-beaten by their puritanical spartanism, seduced by their appointment-diary ethics.
A gang of six teenagers intimidated him and his friends before demanding his mobile phone.
It was odd how dressing unusually could cause people to feel scared and intimidated of you.
By the time I graduated, gothic halls no longer intimidated me; nor did walking into an oak-panelled room full of folk in dinner jackets; nor did small talk with drunk rugby players destined for a job in their uncle's merchant bank. Crib sheet 14.09.10
The Press who are agast in their behavior and doing their part of the political process by not doing the investigating and having enough thick skin to not be intimidated by either party. Lipstick on a pig – now everyone’s saying it
Following the trial, the people of New York City awarded Hamilton the 'freedom of the city' and gave him a gold box inscribed with "For let the laws be never so much overborne by some one individual's power, let the spirit of freedom be never so intimidated, still sooner or later they assert themselves. Jury Nullification: The Right of Free Americans
Engle says that when she filed a grievance, DWP managers denied her overtime pay, hassled her about the dress code and intimidated her by hovering around her workstation.
Lunia was flattered at having her portrait painted by a gifted artist, but at first she felt rather intimidated by the experience.
Hatred is the coward's revenge for being intimidated---G. B. Shaw, Irish playwright.
Men of low status were not always intimidated by such judgments and even colonial women occasionally acted as a group to intrude their own moral sensibilities onto the public stage.
He was a pretty big guy, who would make a point of approaching any crowd of rowdies, who would generally demonstrate their rowdiness by what was then called ‘mopery’, which basically meant being publicly unintimidated. Matthew Yglesias » What if Bernanke Isn’t Reconfirmed
I'd read in a book once of people who were less intimidated by bankers who wore regular clothes and made house calls, even though they were scamming their clients.
The floral arrangement of lilies intimidated me a bit because it was bigger than me - good to hide behind.
I was shy, and felt intimidated by the older students.
Not wishing the return in your favor, unless it is clear that it ought to be so, and not willing to be cheated out of it, or to be 'bulldozed' or intimidated, the truth is palpable that you ought to have the vote of Louisiana, and we believe that you will have ti, by an honest and fair return, according to the letter and spirit of the law of Louisiana. Recollections of Forty Years in the House, Senate and Cabinet An Autobiography.
Kids who were initially intimidated by the thought of sewing soon came to realize how fun and fulfilling quilting together could be.
It was claimed that voters had been threatened and intimidated into giving away their postal ballot papers.
The average golfer can be intimidated when the ball is bunkered.
As the final got underway, Collins wasted no time, snagging a right and blasting the lip on the outside, zigzagging to the inside where he belted another lipper, clearing showing he was not intimidated. Transworld Surf» | Transworld Surf
It's the quintessence of a free society not to be intimidated into silence. Times, Sunday Times
Most of the men seem to be intimidated by her, or at least, contemptuous of her because she's disingenuous.
Amy felt intimidated and energized by her in equal proportions. THE WHITE DOVE
There may be room for the assertion that the bailiff was not tactful and that his firmness and size intimidated those in that room.
I adore mussels, but I've always been intimidated by the instructions saying to "debeard" them. Mussels
But as they had not made any vows in joining the community, the term, _simple vows_, of which some did not understand either the nature or the force, was another stumbling-block, and intimidated a few. Life of Venerable Sister Margaret Bourgeois
If those in government allow themselves to be intimidated into neutrality because they harbour private peccadilloes, they will sell the pass to the prophets of moral nihilism.
A proper inquiry became almost impossible, and she was intimidated, at work and outside.
The press release said the intelligence service also "located, intimidated and killed defectors and dissidents living abroad."
Sheriffs and justices of the peace retained by a lord would not be impartial: juries could be packed or intimidated.
Witnesses in criminal proceedings against these people are being intimidated, so they do not make any statements or withdraw those already made.
Some needed traits include being a self-starter, not getting intimidated easily, being adaptable to change, enjoying competition, being able to address risk, making decisions quickly, and not seeing mistakes as failures. Marc Joseph: Is It Time To Be an Entrepreneur?
The interdict meant if either of the two intimidated Souter, or incited anyone else to bully her, they would be arrested.
Brass saw her as a spitfire who wouldn't be intimidated by the big brains of Thacker, Lampson, and Keely, or be cowed by pen computing's checkered history.
It actually slightly intimidated me in return, which I guess was the point.
I now realise that, every day, a cowed and intimidated Guardian publishes story after story in support of Israel, focusing relentlessly upon the beleaguerment of its citizens under the onslaught from Hamas while never carrying anything in favour of the Palestinians, presenting the Middle East entirely through a pro-Israel prism and never even reporting the Palestinian point of view except for a few contemptuous references suggesting that they are always lying. Everything is now illuminated
Many people feel intimidated by overt and perceived misbehaviour in public spaces.
Do not allow yourself to be intimidated by those who request records-whether they be attorneys, insurance companies, licensing authorities or hospital credentialing committees.
FITZWATER: Well, the "cockamamy" part of the idea that a President is going to be so intimidated by the press or wilt under the pressure and walk out of the Presidency, or something like that. Call the Briefing! Bush & Reagan, Sam & Helen: A Decade with Presidents and the Press
To give him his due, the counter clerk refused to be intimidated.
Lunia was flattered at having her portrait painted by a gifted artist, but at first she felt rather intimidated by the experience.
Our State and Federal Governments, intimidated by the medical fraternity's recent show of muscle, have scuttled new liability legislation through their parliaments post-haste.
She laughed, flexing the muscles of her benumbed leg: "Your expression intimidated me. The Common Law
I wasn't intimidated at all, I think because he's so warm and affable and such a generous actor.
They are untouchable - nobody is prepared to go to court because they are too intimidated.
They were a very strange folk, with a riddling dialect that made even Levee, no stranger to the art of persuasion, feel intimidated.
Clare stood her ground in the meeting and refused to be intimidated even when Michael got angry.
Mr. Prime Minister, the Turkey with politically pressured columnists, intimidated hand-holders and beaten-up art gallery attendees is not the progressive democratic country you talk about. Elcin Poyrazlar: Democracy Is Coming to Turkey?
I refuse to be intimidated by high-pressure sales techniques.
He is not intimidated by pressure, and the club is trying to take advantage of that as much as possible.
He has strong-armed the media, intimidated opponents and sanctioned massive extrajudicial killings of supposed drug dealers.
As the Van Doren family play their favourite parlour game - trading Shakespearian quotes across the dinner table - an arriviste young lawyer watches, open-mouthed and clearly intimidated.
_Ce brave homme_ (I like the old sacristan's term of _brave homme_, as it is one of the few untranslateable French words) flew to the cathedral at the moment that a horde of brigands had entered it to commence the work of mutilation; and, seconded by nothing but his known character for resolution, and an athletic person, fairly intimidated and turned them out for the time. Itinerary of Provence and the Rhone Made During the Year 1819
Do you think this attitude goes hand-in-hand with the fear many adults have of making art (perhaps intimidated by not being able to make something "good")? baby gooroo® is an online community where parents and health professionals share knowledge and access timely information. HS Blog - Homeschool Blog
Brooke replied, a little quieter than before, as if being intimidated by his sudden firm and maddened notion.
Their sometimes confused requests for help have taught me that many people will give up on what you might call liturgically correct computing advice: They get tired, they get lost, they get intimidated and sometimes they wind up worse off than if they'd done nothing. How to set up your new computer, 2010 edition (with video)
The street started to decline about five years ago when police had to move one innocent family out after they had been intimidated and criminal damage had been caused to their home.
They were intimidated into accepting a pay cut by the threat of losing their jobs.
It was inexpressible, naturally, but they all knew it: they were intimidated. THE SCAR
They put out a simplistic script of ‘good vs evil ‘that was taken up by a pliant and intimidated media.’
The men of Bononia and Mutina are swearing mightily—and not because they felt themselves intimidated. Antony and Cleopatra
They were intimidated into accepting a pay cut by the threat of losing their jobs.
Do not be intimidated by his seniority or his future in-law status.
Tom Donovan, then the head of the Chicago Board of Trade, struck back, announcing that he would not be "intimidated by some blond, 5-ft. 2-in.
His age means he won't step into a huddle and be intimidated by older teammates.
Mr. Prime Minister, the Turkey with politically pressured columnists, intimidated hand-holders and beaten-up art gallery attendees is not the "progressive" democratic country you talk about. Elcin Poyrazlar: Democracy Is Coming to Turkey?
While the appellant testified the complainant had been snuffling, she testified she was crying because he had intimidated her to the point of exhaustion, frustration and fear.
Some people are intimidated by his size, but in fact he's a gentle giant.
I am not one easily scared or intimidated and neither was my husband but as time went on the situation became intolerable.
I still got my backpack, '"adding," I was intimidated and tried to set myself apart, and that resulted in multicolor hair. Christina Hendricks Reveals Picture Of Her 'Misfit' High School Look (VIDEO)
Mr. Rice says he concluded that his high-level title intimidated subordinates, and he should avoid sarcasm because everything we do is amplified. Bosses
It was inexpressible, naturally, but they all knew it: they were intimidated. THE SCAR
The discipline of atheology is quite capable of matching these theologies with its skeptical replies, so atheists need not be intimidated. John Shook, Ph.D.: For Atheists and Believers, Ignorance Is No Excuse
Decent people are routinely infuriated, intimidated and frightened by the boorish minority - and that is why it has become such a huge political issue.
Although the three are excited by the progress they've made, they remain intimidated by complicated state laws regarding absentee ballots. The Netflix For Voting? New Website Makes It Easier To Vote From Home
Reluctant to allow myself to be intimidated by a diminutive Frenchman who makes slightly effete music, I want to do the same back, but have just spotted that his trousers are half-undone.
That visits from the TSA have intimidated a blogger into feeling he can't publish even his opinions is a very depressing sign of our times. TSA subpoenas, threatens two bloggers who published non-classified airline security directive Boing Boing
The youths used threatening behaviour, caused damage to vehicles, threw missiles at neighbours' property, verbally abused and intimidated neighbours and graffitied the area.
She refuses to be intimidated by misguided homophobes.
"It is urgent that students and professors who support the war effort not be intimidated, " they write.
The thief intimidated my old lady into not telling the police.
Even now I find their silence a little surprising, since most of them were sophisticated and self-confident, not likely to be intimidated by the “stigma” attached to anything to do with madness. Henry’s Demons
Our State and Federal Governments, intimidated by the medical fraternity's recent show of muscle, have scuttled new liability legislation through their parliaments post-haste.
All the major parties in the province can name members who have been murdered, attacked or intimidated.
He didn't approach, but something about him intimidated her. EVERVILLE
They think we are weak, cowardly people who will be intimidated and scared off by their mistreatment of our prisoners.
She was intimidated by his physical presence.
Soon he would be back in Boston, intimidated by his womenfolk and preparing his next missionary flight to the Congo. RUSHING TO PARADISE
This leaves thinking people intimidated and in despair for the decencies they revere.
Not only was she intimidated by the managers, she also alleges they bullied other staff members who wanted to join the union.
And I am still being harassed and intimidated to this day.
If Steven is up for it I would love to have him judge - and if not, maybe I can empanel some people since it looks liek the concensus is to have several categories in order to coak the lurkers who have been intimidated by some of the entries into taking part. Paper Chef #19, The Results
I now realise that, every day, a cowed and intimidated Guardian publishes story after story in support of Israel, focusing relentlessly upon the beleaguerment of its citizens under the onslaught from Hamas while never carrying anything in favour of the Palestinians, presenting ... On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
Alone in the room, I ate a piece of candy, felt intimidated by the equine proportions of extra large condoms and wondered about the contents of bedstand drawers. Paul Robert: Do Bibles Belong in Hotel Rooms?
Clare stood her ground in the meeting and refused to be intimidated even when Michael got angry.
It was obvious that Rhee had intimidated the national assembly with threats of arrest.
For people intimidated by new technology, even this process is a cinch!
I actually got intimidated by the amount of sugar used, so cut some down in the cake and buttercream (for the lemon curd and pine trees parts, well, there wasn't much I could do).
Even though every magazine and ad flaunts naked bodies, the film industry is oddly intimidated by bodies - in motion, or still.
Clear-sightedness is only possible when one is not distracted by jargon, and psycho-babble or intimidated by emotional blackmail.
It was officially said that he had intimidated his helot jailer into giving him the knife, and had so mangled himself.
The government has said that it will not be intimidated by terrorist threats.
It was a foolish person who mistook the bubbly, pretty young woman for an easily intimidated featherbrain. A Wicked Gentleman
He tends to have an unsettling effect on younger members of the force, who may be a mite intimidated by the longevity of his career.
I felt intimidated at first because I'd never been in a school with so many middle-class children.
Joe spiffs himself up and heads with Pip to Miss Havisham's, where he is so intimidated by the old woman that every time she asks him a question, he directs his reply at Pip.
Don't be intimidated by the polysyllabic title of this article - it really can be fairly easy stuff - if I can do a good job in explaining it.
After all, if Commander Artemus Bishop can outwit the Serpent Empire of Saurian-Five, why should I be intimidated by a crate of squamous Ophidia. CSI: Crime Scene Investigation Shock Treatment
In my last week I was intimidated by drug users, ordered around like a lackey, and threatened.
Svensson takes on the persona of Strindberg and talks about his life from a childhood intimidated by a tyrant of a father to the time of his relationships with his three wives.
The interdict meant if either of the two intimidated Souter, or incited anyone else to bully her, they would be arrested.
Workers claim that they have been harassed and intimidated after complaining about working conditions and raising the issue of unionization.
I recall being intimidated by him as a third / fourth former and made to feel stupid.
Peter Fraser-MacKenzie was not at all intimidated by the schoolmasterish official portrait of President, Robert Mugabe, that hanged in the small village post office. ANC Daily News Briefing
Other students recall that it was when she improved physically that she perfected a glacial superiority that intimidated some of them.
Some people are intimidated by his size, but in fact he's a gentle giant.
The San Francisco angler with the signature floppy fishing cap encourages tyros not to be intimidated.
If for no other reason, many scholars may have been intimidated by a historiography written largely in Dutch.
Do these petty people walk around with their eyes closed or are they just too intimidated to tackle the large number of school children, students and foreign visitors who hourly throw their rubbish on our historic streets?
That strategy would certainly intimidate schools into putting evolution into the classroom– and balance out the fact that they are often intimidated into taking it *out* of the classroom. Blogging the Dover Trial - The Panda's Thumb
She is initially intimidated and appalled, but eventually conquers her fear to partake, indeed to star, in the jock beanfeast.
She was a loud, rebellious, outspoken and opinionated person who often intimidated her colleagues.
Not only is she not intimidated by her mother's authourity and threats, she challenges the older woman, telling her that her procuress-like speech on how risks are necessary for richness "is a pretty saying of a wicked one/but methinks now/it does not show so well out of your mouth;/better in his" (2. 1.177-180). Final drafting stuff:
But she found her thoughts unwillingly drawn ever and again to Theo, the man who had so intimidated her, the man her unreasoning instincts were so certain was the same as in her old dream.
You are not easily intimidated - and you have a commanding, awe-inspiring presence.
A little intimidated, I rang, and on hearing a buzz, went up the carpeted stairs.
At the same time local industrialists and producers were harassed and intimidated.
Ho showed few signs of being intimidated by links golf, particularly during his annihilation of the 497-yard par-five 4th.
But the man had been intimidated in the same way as the rest of the room had, until I had come and freed them from the witch's curse.
When was the last time you felt intimidated on a football pitch?
She is initially intimidated and appalled, but eventually conquers her fear to partake, indeed to star, in the jock beanfeast. Two stories, high
At his entrance he seemed a little intimidated, as if he were dubious of his reception; nor could he for some minutes devest himself of that feeling, though he was received with the most flattering welcome; -- this transient perturbation gave a very pleasing effect to his first words; and when he said, "My name is Norval," he uttered it with a pause which seemed to be the effect of the modest diffidence natural to such a character upon being introduced into a higher presence than he had ever before approached. The Mirror of Taste, and Dramatic Censor Vol I, No. 2, February 1810
It's true that some of her problems were clearly unique-how to find a man who wouldn't be intimidated by her celebrity, how to maintain the dignity required of the mother of the future king while enjoying the freedom of singlehood, how to live in princessly style on a mere $26 million divorce settlement. Princess Of The World
Most of the reasons for this he attributes to staff officers whom the secretary may have intimidated into unchallenging compliance with his broader views.
As a mere Sassenach, I am quite intimidated by the presence of yourself and the piper from the 48th. Dominion of Canada Day Luncheon
Although he was quite intimidated by her appearance, the butler gathered up all of his nerve to speak to her.
Nobody should be intimidated from making a stand against nuclear weapons and war.
They responded eagerly to the plea for help from their re-attached and perhaps rather intimidated kinsmen.
There was no evidence that the doorman had conspired to pervert the course of justice, and no one had intimidated witnesses to the violent incident, he said.
She was intimidated by his physical presence.
Alison was, she understood, supposed to be insulted, disgusted and coweringly intimidated by this, and thus rendered tearful, trembling and crushed. Be My Enemy
Well, some of our number were a bit intimidated by the high falutin 'menu, and did not order nearly enough to satiate the machine. On the blueline: One game to go, vs. Canada, gold at stake
There are flashier bars, showier bartenders and places with edgier offerings, but owner Hisashi Kishi is a bartender so masterful and revered that fellow bartenders are often too intimidated to enter his place. Made Better in Japan
Robbers openly brandished weapons as they intimidated marketers and stole goods and money.
Many people feel intimidated by overt and perceived misbehaviour in public spaces.
Group Four security staff were threatened and intimidated as gangs of detainees, some of them sporting home-made masks rampaged through the complex, the court was told.
They cower in fear and are thus powerless, because somebody who feels fear is easily controlled, intimidated and subjugated.
Republican operatives using lies on mailings and phone calls intimidated elderly and minority likely Democratic voters. Indiana Republicans Enacted the Nation's Strictest Voter-ID Law, Making Indiana the 19th State to Make Voting More Diffi
They were intimidated into accepting a pay cut by the threat of losing their jobs.
And except for a few slavish devotees too intimidated by her will and less concerned with her methods, it's difficult to come away without becoming more powerful and original, yourself.
Without conjecturing about the specifics of the various relationships, let's say that hypothetically they're intimidated by her due to her fairly strong personality, intelligence and beauty.
They chuckled as they recalled the nuns who'd thrashed and humiliated them, the priests who'd intimidated them, the antics of the zaniest students. Getting It Wrong
Windows have been smashed, paving pulled up, shop staff intimidated and telephone boxes destroyed as yobs caused havoc in the Thornhill area of the city.
The teacher had to look up at him as she ranted away in her shrill voice, but that didn't deter her in the least; and the bruiser was looking quite intimidated and trying to make himself smaller.
I wasn't intimidated from the jump," said Malcolm Campbell, who scored 26 points. USATODAY.com
THIRUVANANTHAP.RAM/KANNUR: A national convention would be held at P.yyannur on March 12 in support of Chithralekha, a Dalit woman whose autorickshaw was set ablaze allegedly by local CITU-CP. (M) activists and who is allegedly being intimidated by CITU, INTUC and BMS workers, a meeting held here on Saturday under the aegis of certain activist groups and academics and chaired by B.R.P. Bhaskar, decided. The Hindu - Front Page

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