How to Use duress in a Sentence

duress

noun

• He gave the information under duress.
• In the Navy, the captain doesn’t leave the bridge when the ship is under duress.
  — Phillip M. Bailey, The Courier-Journal, 16 Mar. 2020
• And that was done in four days under duress to make a festival deadline.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 24 Sep. 2024
• Most owners believe their birds sing better under duress.
  — Richard C. Paddock, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2020
• People have real estate needs for different reasons, by choice, duress or as an investment.
  — oregonlive, 7 Apr. 2020
• Jackson completed just 48-percent of his passes when under duress.
  — Tyler Dragon, Cincinnati.com, 25 May 2020
• McCoy, a 6-foot senior guard, made four 3-pointers in the second quarter under duress.
  — Mitch Stephens, SFChronicle.com, 29 Feb. 2020
• Even the furniture industry, which gets component parts from China, is under duress.
  — Marc Bain, Quartz, 27 Feb. 2020
• Guatemalan officials, meanwhile, are under duress to accept the deportation flights.
  — Laura Weiss, The New Republic, 14 May 2020
• Shuttered businesses, job losses and relationships under duress — the world may seem to be falling apart as a result of the coronavirus.
  — Jane Margolies, New York Times, 31 May 2020
• At the first sign of duress or death, dial 911 which will connect to the police or an ambulance service immediately.
  — USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2020
• In the meantime, regulators have spent years making sure the US banking sector is sound—an effort that could pay off now that the system is under duress.
  — John Detrixhe, Quartz, 16 Mar. 2020
• In 1990, he was falsely convicted of the rape and murder of a four-year-old girl following a confession extracted under duress.
  — Emiko Jozuka, CNN, 21 Mar. 2020
• Under duress Hariri appeared on television denouncing the role Iran and its client militia Hezbollah played in his country, which was a good way to start a new civil war there.
  — Christopher Dickey, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2020
• Matthew Stafford was under duress for much of the night.
  — Tyler Dragon, USA TODAY, 4 Oct. 2022
• Lowry found herself under duress in the bottom of the first.
  — Brian Haenchen, The Indianapolis Star, 11 June 2022
• The Raiders rushed four, and Brissett was not under duress.
  — David Furones, sun-sentinel.com, 28 Sep. 2021
• Gabriel spent much of the game under duress and was sacked a season high six times.
  — Matt Murschel, orlandosentinel.com, 31 Oct. 2020
• He was sacked three times in that game and was under duress on 17 of his 44 dropbacks.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 17 Sep. 2020
• The idea of suing to void sales under duress only came about in the last 20 years, Brand said.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 25 Jan. 2023
• And for the second game in a row, Matthew Stafford was under constant duress.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Oct. 2022
• With the score tied at 24, Jones dropped a fourth-down ball in the flat that Howard through behind him under heavy duress.
  — G Smith, NOLA.com, 23 Sep. 2020
• Now all of them have quit—but strictly on their own and under no duress.
  — Joseph N. Bell, Popular Mechanics, 5 May 2021
• Geraghty chose the latter but did so under duress, the suit states.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
• Harsher ride than the Porsche, tire roar, squirms under duress.
  — Tony Quiroga, Car and Driver, 6 July 2021
• Cass Tech put plenty of pressure on Moore, who was under duress much of the game.
  — Brad Emons, Detroit Free Press, 17 Oct. 2020
• The latest edition of that book says the Kings can’t hold leads and buckle under duress late in games.
  — Helene Elliott, Los Angeles Times, 13 Jan. 2024
• Wilson spent the better part of the game under heavy duress, pressured on 10 of his 19 dropbacks in the first half.
  — Steve Reed, courant.com, 12 Sep. 2021
• But he was forced to sign an agreement, under duress, to stay away from children.
  — David A. Hammer, NOLA.com, 17 Dec. 2020
• But Lock was mainly under constant duress from the Lions’ pass rush.
  — Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 9 Aug. 2024

Last Updated: 3 Nov 2024