How to use "intimidate" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "intimidate" in popular movie and book plots

  • Mariel tries to challenge and intimidate them, but the lizards make no move.  - Mariel of Redwall
  • By punishing a known friend and prominent citizen, he hopes to intimidate the Jewish populace.  - Ben-Hur (1959 film)
  • O'Brien's job is essentially to intimidate Pilager's opponents, and he has numerous revealing conversations with various people.  - Silver City (2004 film)
  • Angered and hurt, Apollo calls down thunder and lightning to intimidate her.  - Who Mourns for Adonais?
  • As this is not to Satan's advantage, he first tries to bribe Zane, then intimidate him into going back to work.  - On a Pale Horse
  • Zelana goes to intimidate her sister and learn of the dream.  - The Dreamers (novel series)
  • Gonzalo is sometimes bullied by his sister's boyfriend, who is a violent anti-Allende right-winger who uses nun-chucks to intimidate people.  - Machuca
  • Rather than intimidate her, they actually increase her self-confidence.  - The Gun in Betty Lou's Handbag
  • Unable to intimidate Jumba, Hämsterviel activates Experiment 625, who has all of Stitch's powers, to attack him.  - Stitch! The Movie
  • Meanwhile, the guards intimidate and then murder a family who were having a picnic nearby.  - Quatermass II
  • Bacon's movie-star good looks initially intimidate Clay, but later they fall in love.  - The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay
  • Dean, at first trying to intimidate Barry, finds Barry much more intimidating and Barry compels Dean to leave him alone.  - Punch-Drunk Love
  • When that too fails, Joan is taken to view the torture chamber, but the sight, though it causes her to faint, does not intimidate her.  - The Passion of Joan of Arc
  • The Nerdlucks absorb the talent, transforming into the gigantic "Monstars" who easily intimidate the Looney Tunes.  - Space Jam
  • Dunbar initially encounters his Sioux neighbors when attempts are made to steal his horse and intimidate him.  - Dances with Wolves
  • A couple of hulking patrons intimidate the Deltas and they quickly exit, smashing up Flounder's borrowed car and leaving their dates behind.  - Animal House

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