How to Use strong-arm in a Sentence

strong-arm

adjective

• The crime comes amid a spike in strong-arm robberies in Oakland.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 1 June 2023
• Bananas worms his way in and tries to strong-arm the conversation, which pisses off Danny and Sarah.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• On paper, Turks had many reasons to be dissatisfied with their leader and to push back against his strong-arm rule.
  — Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2023
• Netflix is already trying to strong-arm customers onto its ad plan.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024
• But strong-arm tactics are not the main focus of Temu's latest court filing against the fast-fashion juggernaut, according to Scafidi.
  — Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
• Its bid to strong-arm Europe through gas and energy exports may have failed, but the Kremlin has other tools at its disposal, one of which concerns the global supply of food.
  — Michael Kimmage and Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2023
• Those included the ways in which grand juries have been used in the special counsel’s investigations and attempts to strong-arm defense lawyers involved in the cases, the people said.
  — Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2023
• But two of the biggest chains appear to be at odds over how they most effectively strong-arm companies like Unilever and PepsiCo into dropping prices.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 8 Jan. 2024
• In the most recent legislative session, Abbott tried and failed to strong-arm Texas Republicans into passing a universal-school-voucher bill.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2024
• In December, Marrero had been charged with domestic battery by strangulation and strong-arm robbery.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
• And that danger was more acute on account of my intent to be fair, ethical, moral — no stretching my dope with acetone, propane or extra baking soda nor shorting customers grams; no plotting how to strong-arm somebody else’s dope or stash.
  — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• The move was the latest broadside — encouraged by the French government — to try to strong-arm manufacturers to lower food costs that have continued to buffet families despite a broad slowdown in price increases across Europe.
  — Liz Alderman, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• The San Francisco-area rapper who founded Cookies is being accused of using strong-arm and bullying tactics to run the popular cannabis brand, and forcing other companies to pay him and top executives millions of dollars in kickbacks to do business.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023
• Former President Donald Trump's campaign accused the governor of deploying strong-arm tactics to accrue endorsements.
  — Ryan King, Washington Examiner, 17 May 2023
• El Salvador has seen multiple radical and often controversial reforms under the strong-arm president’s leadership.
  — Michael Rios, CNN, 7 Apr. 2024
• The latest Trump indictment detailed the former president’s attempts to strong-arm Georgia officials,with a separate, Georgia-specific indictment possible later this month.
  — Greg Jaffe, Washington Post, 6 Aug. 2023
• The latest Trump indictment detailed the former president’s attempts to strong-arm Georgia officials, with a separate, Georgia-specific indictment possible later this month.
  — Sarah Ellison and Greg Jaffe, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2023
• The crime comes amid a spike in strong-arm robberies in Oakland.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 1 June 2023
• Bananas worms his way in and tries to strong-arm the conversation, which pisses off Danny and Sarah.
  — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 5 Apr. 2023
• On paper, Turks had many reasons to be dissatisfied with their leader and to push back against his strong-arm rule.
  — Soner Cagaptay, Foreign Affairs, 29 May 2023
• Netflix is already trying to strong-arm customers onto its ad plan.
  — Scharon Harding, Ars Technica, 24 Jan. 2024
• But strong-arm tactics are not the main focus of Temu's latest court filing against the fast-fashion juggernaut, according to Scafidi.
  — Anne Marie Lee, CBS News, 21 Dec. 2023
• Its bid to strong-arm Europe through gas and energy exports may have failed, but the Kremlin has other tools at its disposal, one of which concerns the global supply of food.
  — Michael Kimmage and Hanna Notte, Foreign Affairs, 1 Sep. 2023
• Those included the ways in which grand juries have been used in the special counsel’s investigations and attempts to strong-arm defense lawyers involved in the cases, the people said.
  — Alan Feuer, BostonGlobe.com, 5 June 2023
• But two of the biggest chains appear to be at odds over how they most effectively strong-arm companies like Unilever and PepsiCo into dropping prices.
  — Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 8 Jan. 2024
• In the most recent legislative session, Abbott tried and failed to strong-arm Texas Republicans into passing a universal-school-voucher bill.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2024
• In December, Marrero had been charged with domestic battery by strangulation and strong-arm robbery.
  — Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 17 Apr. 2024
• And that danger was more acute on account of my intent to be fair, ethical, moral — no stretching my dope with acetone, propane or extra baking soda nor shorting customers grams; no plotting how to strong-arm somebody else’s dope or stash.
  — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
• The move was the latest broadside — encouraged by the French government — to try to strong-arm manufacturers to lower food costs that have continued to buffet families despite a broad slowdown in price increases across Europe.
  — Liz Alderman, New York Times, 4 Jan. 2024
• The San Francisco-area rapper who founded Cookies is being accused of using strong-arm and bullying tactics to run the popular cannabis brand, and forcing other companies to pay him and top executives millions of dollars in kickbacks to do business.
  — Salvador Hernandez, Los Angeles Times, 27 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024