How to Use duress in a Sentence

duress

noun

• He gave the information under duress.
• 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
• 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
• Geraghty chose the latter but did so under duress, the suit states.
  — Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 16 Dec. 2022
• 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
• Tipton, who has been in prison since August 2017, now claims he was placed under duress to plead guilty.
  — Fox News, 11 Nov. 2021
• All of that under the full duress that comes with the knowledge that whoever loses goes home.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Jan. 2022
• The Colts had two fourth-quarter drives in the red zone, but Ryan was under duress on both incompletions to the end zone.
  — Mark Long, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Sep. 2022
• The British government maintains the treaty was legal, even if it was signed by a child under duress.
  — Gillian Brockell, Washington Post, 5 May 2023
• The Bucs were under similar duress with the training camp absence of Tom Brady.
  — Dallas News, 9 Sep. 2022
• All of this could be considered the fallout of a genre born under extreme duress.
  — Danyel Smith, New York Times, 8 Aug. 2023
• Tipton, 59, has filed a lawsuit in state court claiming he was placed under duress to plead guilty.
  — Fox News, 8 Apr. 2022
• Wildcats quarterback Will Levis was under duress much of the night as the Gators swarmed the pocket from all angles.
  — Edgar Thompson, Orlando Sentinel, 11 Sep. 2022
• In the summer of 2016, the U.S. government delivered some duress.
  — Michael Ames, Rolling Stone, 12 Mar. 2023
• As the cheeky title suggests, it was made somewhat under duress.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2022
• Albert was the second Bowser appointee to the board to depart under duress.
  — Washington Post, 19 Nov. 2021
• He was made to sleep with Helen Moses, Saul Newton’s sixth wife, under extreme duress.
  — Nellie Hermann, The New Republic, 17 Aug. 2023
• Coral reefs around the world are currently under duress, Carlton said.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 20 Jan. 2022
• It was taken off the market only this past spring, under extreme duress.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023
• Burrow was sacked four times in the first half — the most sacks the Bengals had allowed in a game since a loss to Cleveland on Oct. 31 — and consistently under duress.
  — Michael Niziolek, cleveland, 29 Jan. 2023
• Sorokin failed to provide a source of payment for the vacation, leading Williams to give her card details to the hotel under duress.
  — Amy MacKelden, Harper's BAZAAR, 7 Feb. 2022
• The loss of workforce and closing of plants were due to the UAW’s contract agreements and restrictive work rules, agreed to by the company under duress.
  — WSJ, 28 Sep. 2023
• Young punched the turf after a first-down incompletion thrown under duress.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 6 Dec. 2021
• At the start of the second season, which premiered in August 2019, the Roy family business is under duress.
  — Town & Country, 31 Oct. 2022
• High-danger chances are logged when pucks are fired in from the low slot or other areas that put netminders under duress.
  — Conor Ryan, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Apr. 2023
• All five men alleged that they had been forced to sign declarations under duress.
  — Natalie Gallón, CNN, 18 Dec. 2021
• Young was under duress on almost every throw in those three straight possessions starting at the 10- or 11-yard line.
  — Michael Casagrande | [e-mail], al, 6 Nov. 2022

Last Updated: 28 May 2024