Intimidated
[ɪn'tɪmɪdetɪd]
Definition
(imp. & p. p.) of Intimidate
Typist: Ora
Examples
- Though those complaints produced no act of parliament, they had probably intimidated the company so far, as to oblige them to reform their conduct. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- I am not to be intimidated into anything so wholly unreasonable. Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- I now stood in the empty hall; before me was the breakfast-room door, and I stopped, intimidated and trembling. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- This was stiffly resisted, the British crown was intimidated, and the Stamp Acts were repealed (1766). H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- The provincial people, intimidated by Gudrun's perfect sang-froid and exclusive bareness of manner, said of her: 'She is a smart woman. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- And the trunk, intimidated, doubtless, by this resolute statement, gave in. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
Typist: Ora