under duress in English

out of force, under coercion, without choice

Use "under duress" in a sentence

1. Am I under duress?

2. The confession was obtained under duress.

3. Accomplices under duress shall go unpunished.

4. He signed the confession under duress .

5. Those who acted under duress shall go unpunished.

6. He thought her confession had been made under duress.

7. No question of payment under duress was raised.

8. He claimed that he signed the confession under duress.

9. Under duress from a homicidal maniac named Malcolm Merlyn.

10. However, this confession was later found to be obtained under duress.

11. Williams said he agreed to the new settlement under duress.

12. Of those purchased, some were sold under duress and others voluntarily.

13. Even if we ever get to sentencing, you were acting under duress.

14. Holmes J. considered that in these circumstances the payment was made under duress.

15. Under duress, with no prospect of aid from France or Britain, Carol complied.

16. In other words, we are of opinion that the payment was made under duress.

17. Payments thus demanded colore officii are regarded by the law as being made under duress.

18. Ceded: to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress

19. Under duress it may flee and hide, but it can only do this occasionally.

20. Cede: to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress.

21. The confession had been obtained under duress, and therefore could not be allowed as evidence.

22. Ceding: to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress

23. The words of a man confessing under duress, from drugs and a long festering guilt.

24. Judge Mershon ruled that the agreement was signed under duress, and was therefore null and void.

25. She told about the shame, and the heartbreaking decision she was forced to make under duress.

26. When a crisis or dilemma arises, such an organization will resort under duress to its customary self-defeating practices.

27. But that meant admitting guilt, admitting that I had acted unwillingly and not under duress and that I refused to do.

28. The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merit shall be rewarded.

29. This Catchphrase was only something former actor Henry Pollard (Adam Scott) said under duress, repeating the popular slogan he once uttered on a beer commercial

30. The chief criminals shall be punished without fail, those who are accomplices under duress shall go unpunished and those who perform deeds of merIt'shall be rewarded.

31. She's also a Russian sex worker which you married under duress because she threatened the safety of your family if you didn't help her get her green card.

32. the act of giving into intercourse after being harried into it under duress but not by brute force. Most of Tyrone's Conquests occurred by just chillin' to the wee hours of the morning with any babe he …

33. This first novel sets up the prelude to an Icelandic family saga: five books spanning two generations and two continents explore themes such as the hero's journey, loyalty under duress, accurate everyday life in medieval Scandinavia, slavery in European societies, the rule of law against corruption and creeping authoritarianism, the world's first democracy at Althing, pagan beliefs and …