How to Use intimidate in a Sentence

intimidate

verb

• He tries to intimidate his opponents.
• You shouldn't allow his reputation to intimidate you.
• They were meant to intimidate Taiwan and the United States.
  — New York Times, 25 Aug. 2022
• Steel, at one point, even appeared to allege that the witness may have been coerced or intimidated ahead of his testimony.
  — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 22 Oct. 2024
• Death Despite its intimidating name, the Death card isn’t always about a literal death.
  — Valerie Mesa, People.com, 24 Oct. 2024
• Mercy Corps tried to intimidate and silence Humphrey by repeatedly telling her she could be sued for defamation, her suit says.
  — oregonlive, 7 Sep. 2022
• Don't let the color intimidate you — our Beauty Lab pros say the sheer green hue of this e.l.f. primer helps to even skin's tone and minimize redness.
  — Shanon Maglente, Good Housekeeping, 4 Aug. 2022
• Because Chowdhurie and her husband had remodeled two previous homes, this project did not intimidate them.
  — Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022
• Facing harder problems involving your social life might intimidate you.
  — Chicago Tribune, 19 Aug. 2022
• Historically, Black people have always showed up to the polls — except when intimidated and threatened away from them.
  — Brea Baker, refinery29.com, 18 Oct. 2024
• More than any one shot or her style on the court, though, the traits players remember most are her unrelenting drive, her ability to intimidate opponents, and the sheer span of her successes.
  — Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 3 Sep. 2022
• Particularly for girls and young women, one of the clearest ways of trying to intimidate you is by casting doubts about you, your appearance, your social skills, everything about you.
  — Madison Feller, ELLE, 23 Aug. 2022
• One of the men was armed, and the workers felt that the intention of the men was to intimidate them.
  — Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 26 Sep. 2020
• This time, the goal is to intimidate and maybe even scare Tess away.
  — refinery29.com, 11 June 2018
• As for what to put in the stuff, the sheer freedom can be intimidating.
  — Jacqueline Detwiler, Popular Mechanics, 22 Mar. 2018
• The goal and purpose of both of these actions was to intimidate.
  — Star Tribune, 28 Mar. 2021
• The length of the line on his day off, however, doesn’t intimidate him.
  — Jordan Erb, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Oct. 2020
• He could be locked up any day now, but the idea of serving jail time doesn’t intimidate him in the slightest.
  — Sarah Hutto, The New Yorker, 16 Aug. 2020
• Like the ship in the movie, Charles’s destroyer intimidates with its size.
  — William Herkewitz, Popular Mechanics, 4 Mar. 2020
• Still, she was intimidated to perform the role for the first time in the country where the opera premiered in May 1904.
  — Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Apr. 2024
• Even for women who spend their lives on the snow, the cold was intimidating.
  — Author: Chelsea Janes, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Feb. 2018
• Woolf was both in awe of and intimidated by her younger lover.
  — Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, 24 Aug. 2019
• Meat and cheese boards might have a fancy new name these days, but don't let that intimidate you.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 19 Dec. 2022
• China has long used the threat of force to intimidate Taiwan.
  — Chris Horton, Bloomberg.com, 11 Oct. 2020
• The clear aim is to intimidate civilians into giving up hope of a say in who rules them.
  — The Economist, 14 June 2019
• The bird had its wings arched over its back, a pose called busking that male swans use to intimidate rivals.
  — National Geographic, 19 Oct. 2016
• All the president has done so far is try to intimidate you.
  — Gary M. Singer, Sun-Sentinel.com, 16 Feb. 2018
• The presence of so many Chinese ships is meant to intimidate.
  — New York Times, 3 Apr. 2021
• Thompson turned his back and walked down the court, not intimidated by the contact.
  — Dan Woike, latimes.com, 27 May 2018
• The search was for no reason other than to intimidate me.
  — Opinion By: Roman Badanin, CNN, 15 Mar. 2022

Last Updated: 11 Nov 2024