On this page you'll find 10+ example sentences with Intimidate. Discover the meaning, synonyms such as frighten or fright and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Intimidate meaning
To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence.
Synonyms of Intimidate
Using Intimidate
- The main meaning on this page is: To make timid or afraid; to cause to feel fear or nervousness; to deter, especially by threats of violence.
- Useful related words include: frighten, fright, scare, affright.
- In the example corpus, intimidate often appears in combinations such as: to intimidate, and intimidate, intimidate the.
Context around Intimidate
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 14 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Intimidate
- In this selection, "intimidate" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, may, protesters, educators, slashers and anyone stand out and add context to how "intimidate" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and protesters intimidate them leaving and arrest will intimidate other western. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "intimidate" sits close to words such as annoyed, canton and chiang, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with intimidate
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Nobody in the name of obidients will intimidate me to submission. (11 words)
People have tried to intimidate me by detailing their criminal histories. (11 words)
Putin cast the attack on Moscow as a Ukrainian attempt to intimidate its residents. (14 words)
And the idea of that was to, among other things, make the public aware that the FBI had commented on the story in a way that was intended to intimidate a little bit, in addition to not answering the questions that we sent. (43 words)
Or her ridiculous lawsuit against the CBC for reporting her own words, obviously intended to intimidate more journalists than just those employed by the national broadcaster into not reporting stories inconvenient to the premier and the UCP. (37 words)
I know Queen Elizabeth University Hospital very well and for anyone to suggest that the location where people stand to pray could in anyway invade someone’s privacy or intimidate anyone, is preposterous. (33 words)
Example sentences (20)
Although Jones ruled that True the Vote didn’t intimidate or attempt to intimidate any particular voter, he expressed concerns about the group’s methods.
And she also said she was referring our question to the town’s attorneys, which I guess is her way of trying to intimidate us because we were asking a question.
And the idea of that was to, among other things, make the public aware that the FBI had commented on the story in a way that was intended to intimidate a little bit, in addition to not answering the questions that we sent.
Book ban proponents used harassment and threats to bully and intimidate educators, support staff and administrators.
But, when she did, she was “completely disgusted” and felt the act was meant to “shock and intimidate me”.
Evan’s arrest will intimidate other Western journalists still reporting in Russia, making a black hole of already limited information coming out of Russia even deeper and darker.
He sets screens and utilizes his 7-foot-7 wingspan to clean the glass or intimidate slashers who trespass on his property in the paint.
However, the six-year-old Pearl Street outpost’s eclectic high-end threads may intimidate many Coloradans, whose fashion comfort zone falls somewhere between the North Face and Patagonia.
I know Queen Elizabeth University Hospital very well and for anyone to suggest that the location where people stand to pray could in anyway invade someone’s privacy or intimidate anyone, is preposterous.
In his separate criminal case in Georgia, Trump was on the condition that he not intimidate co-defendants, witnesses and others.
Meanwhile, as the public wage across the country continue, patients and healthcare workers fear lives will be lost if demonstrations intensify and protesters intimidate them, leaving hospitals to be run by skeleton staff.
Mr Cullinane said it was also wrong to intimidate politicians, gardai and protesters campaigning for rights of migrants.
Mr. Xi’s government has been stepping up efforts to intimidate the island by flying fighter jets nearby and firing missiles into the sea.
Nobody in the name of obidients will intimidate me to submission.
Olusesan said the government should not depend on jankara market judgement to intimidate labour because it is like shutting the mouth of a child flogged from crying.
Or her ridiculous lawsuit against the CBC for reporting her own words, obviously intended to intimidate more journalists than just those employed by the national broadcaster into not reporting stories inconvenient to the premier and the UCP.
Packed with terrific performances and a timeless story, is a classic that shouldn't intimidate you from finally giving it a shot.
People have tried to intimidate me by detailing their criminal histories.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa has reportedly deployed shadowy Zanu PF affiliate Forever Associates Zimbabwe (FAZ) to intimidate and spy on non-governmental organisations (NGOs), a latest report by a local research unit reveals.
Putin cast the attack on Moscow as a Ukrainian attempt to intimidate its residents.
Common combinations with intimidate
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- to intimidate 115×
- and intimidate 24×
- intimidate the 24×
- intimidate and 24×
- intimidate or 8×
- intimidate me 8×
- or intimidate 8×
- intimidate them 7×
- intimidate voters 7×
- intimidate us 5×