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Intimidation is an English word with synonyms like discouragement or fright. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Intimidation in a sentence

Intimidation meaning

The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.

Synonyms of Intimidation

discouragement determent fright fearfulness fear dismay disheartenment aggression bullying deterrence

Related words

Other words often associated with Intimidation or its synonyms:

fearlessness despair emotion hinderance dispirit anxiety cowardice excite disapproval regret stimulate blustery

Using Intimidation

  • The main meaning on this page is: The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.
  • Useful related words include: discouragement, determent, fright, fearfulness.
  • In the example corpus, intimidation often appears in combinations such as: intimidation and, and intimidation, of intimidation.

Context around Intimidation

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 27.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 4 start, 9 middle, 7 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

witness 3× bullying 2× attempted 1× further 1× indirect 1× voters 1× arrests 1× voter 1× harassment 1× harm 1×

Often after:

based 2× eventually 1× relating 1×

Sentence patterns with Intimidation

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

assault and intimidation based on 2× alleged bullying intimidation and other 1× and intimidation intimidation and filming 1× behaviour and intimidation intimidation and 1× bodily harm intimidation and damaging 1× charged with intimidation or attempted 1× dealer using intimidation and violence 1× faced harassment intimidation and physical 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a coalition of 1× a heavy police 1× a local residents 1× a spokesman for 1× after leaving the 1× albury was motivated 1×

Common sentence endings:

actors and journalists 1× and damaging property 1× and physical attacks 1× and self confidence 1× and very bad 1× around the nation 1×

Words around Intimidation

Just before it in the word index:

intimidatingly 4 intimidating 435 intimidates 8 intimidated 303 intimidate 284 intime 4

Just after it in the word index:

intimidatory 3 intimissimi 4 intinction 2 intine 3 intini 2 intino 2

Similar in corpus frequency:

laden 673 laughed 673 shining 673 ahmad 672 crane 672 embarrassing 672

Corpus analysis for Intimidation

  • In this selection, "intimidation" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, witness, bullying, attempted, based, eventually and relating stand out and add context to how "intimidation" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include assault and intimidation based on and alleged bullying intimidation and other. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "intimidation" sits close to words such as laden, laughed and shining, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with intimidation

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Alleged violations included inadequate healthcare, wrongful detention, cruel treatment and intimidation. (11 words)

Besides, RTI activists have frequently faced harassment, intimidation, and physical attacks. (11 words)

Both were charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, intimidation and damaging property. (13 words)

Longer example sentences

Albury was motivated to disclose the information after he saw that the FBI’s investigative directives led to the profiling and intimidation of minority communities in Minnesota, where he was serving with the FBI, as well as elsewhere around the nation. (41 words)

A local residents’ group called Stop de Gekte recorded the “madness” by patrolling the streets in high vis jackets telling tourists to behave – until announcing this week that “intimidation and threats” from local business owners had forced them to stop. (40 words)

As Taylor’s office sought to investigate further, it was thwarted by a directive from the U.S. Department of Justice issued in July 2021 that said contacting voters placed them in jeopardy of violating federal laws regarding voter intimidation. (40 words)

Example sentences (20)

Curran was charged with "intimidation or attempted intimidation of an umpire, match referee or medical personnel whether by language or conduct (including gestures) during a match".

Among some of the other offences against were aggressive behaviour and intimidation, intimidation and filming, and a warden being “shoulder barged”.

Sarner is now charged with second-degree assault, third-degree assault and intimidation based on bigotry and bias, while Orbay is charged with two counts of third-degree assault and intimidation based on bigotry and bias.

She found alleged bullying, intimidation and other inappropriate conduct among councillors had gone unchecked, due to fear of conflict or further intimidation.

Trump accused of witness intimidation during impeachment hearingPresident Trump is accused of witness intimidation and now faces another possible impeachment charge.

Sometimes women use indirect intimidation to protect friendships; yet such intimidation eventually backfires, destroying not only friendships, but sometimes self-esteem and self-confidence.

A Coalition of Civil Society Organisations has urged security agencies to investigate violence, voters intimidation and harassment which occurred in polling stations during the 2023 elections.

After leaving the centre, he was charged with three counts of common assault and one count of witness intimidation relating to an incident earlier in the year.

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A heavy police presence was also noted in the capital, Pretoria, where police have been deployed to monitor any potential violence and intimidation against people who are not participating in the protest.

Albury was motivated to disclose the information after he saw that the FBI’s investigative directives led to the profiling and intimidation of minority communities in Minnesota, where he was serving with the FBI, as well as elsewhere around the nation.

Alleged violations included inadequate healthcare, wrongful detention, cruel treatment and intimidation.

A local residents’ group called Stop de Gekte recorded the “madness” by patrolling the streets in high vis jackets telling tourists to behave – until announcing this week that “intimidation and threats” from local business owners had forced them to stop.

Although the probe into the motivation of the suspected arson attack is still ongoing, the incident comes after increasing tensions over the Middle East conflict and threats and intimidation of politicians.

Amnesty International has urged authorities in Nigeria to ensure that the presidential and national assembly elections due to take place on 25 February are free from further violence and intimidation.

A spokesman for UN secretary-general Antonio Guterres said on Monday he was “concerned by the military’s stated intention to hold elections amid… ongoing arrests, intimidation and harassment of political leaders, civil society actors and journalists”.

As Taylor’s office sought to investigate further, it was thwarted by a directive from the U.S. Department of Justice issued in July 2021 that said contacting voters placed them in jeopardy of violating federal laws regarding voter intimidation.

Besides, RTI activists have frequently faced harassment, intimidation, and physical attacks.

Both Doyin and Ceec needs to be punished too ….what they did to ilebaye is pure bullying, intimidation and very bad.

Both were charged with assault occasioning actual bodily harm, intimidation and damaging property.

Cashman was widely feared in the Dovecot area of the city, where he made up to £5,000 per week as a "high level" cannabis dealer, using intimidation and violence to ensure payment.

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Common combinations with intimidation

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "intimidation" in a sentence?
An example: "Curran was charged with "intimidation or attempted intimidation of an umpire, match referee or medical personnel whether by language or conduct (including gestures) during a match"." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "intimidation" from authentic English texts.
What does "intimidation" mean?
Intimidation means: The act of making timid or fearful or of deterring by threats; the state of being intimidated.
What are synonyms of "intimidation"?
Common synonyms of "intimidation" include: discouragement, determent, fright, fearfulness, fear, dismay, disheartenment, aggression. Plus 2 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "intimidation" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "intimidation", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.