| 单词 | browbeaten |
| 例句 | Several jugs of very hard cider which he had browbeaten away from some lowerclassmen were the most cautiously guarded treasure. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z Why was I always suffering, always browbeaten, always accused, for ever condemned? Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z For once she was not going to be browbeaten. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z It was whispered in one browbeaten textile union that the mute was an organizer for the C.I.O. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z I knew my brother was browbeaten, but not to the extent he would let his wife harm their child. My nephew is disabled and it’s his mother’s fault | Mariella Frostrup 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z Women were "skirt" and lower-ranking officers were there to be kicked and browbeaten. How TV portrays office culture 2012-10-09T19:00:04Z An alternative version might be that the whole thing is a cosy conspiracy of mediocrity perpetrated by Oxbridge directors, venal producers and supine critics foisting their suspect taste on the culturally browbeaten theatre-going public. Find a play. Squat a building. Steal a van. Now make a show 2010-06-28T14:04:00Z In his introduction to that book, Mr. Beatty wrote about feeling browbeaten, as a young man, by many canonical works by black writers. Review: ‘Oreo,’ a Sandwich-Cookie of a Feminist Comic Novel 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z Yet parents who are browbeaten concerning the birthing process aren’t told the basic developmental stages of children. Perspective | A pile of advice books won’t end your parenting anxiety. Here’s what to do instead. 2017-09-12T04:00:00Z Posing as browbeaten housewives or traumatised children, she explored a domestic reality punctuated not by the get-togethers photos normally recorded, but by abuse, rows and workaday grind. Artist of the week 199: Jo Spence 2012-07-19T16:13:17Z That sink comes with the other furniture you expect in vintage dramas about American families with Problems that warrant capital P’s: stove, refrigerator, television, sofa, browbeaten wife in bathrobe. Theater Review | 'The Book of Grace': At the Public, Suzan-Lori Parks?s Family Reunion 2010-03-18T03:57:00Z No one wants to be browbeaten or insulted. Rant & Rave: An awkward trailing vine at the nursery 2011-08-19T18:28:08Z Politicians browbeaten by the Humphrys-Paxman school of interrogation will find a refreshing alternative in Mitchell, who believes "you've got to allow people to talk". Channel 4's 10 O'Clock Live: where satire becomes serious, and politicians can keep their credibility 2011-01-17T07:00:05Z You use incredibly emotive language – “parental negligence”, “browbeaten”, “tragedy” of “Shakespearean” proportions no less – and although you admit to carrying huge anger I wonder if you understand how much that anger is carrying you. My nephew is disabled and it’s his mother’s fault | Mariella Frostrup 2017-09-03T04:00:00Z An exasperated suspect, tired of being politely browbeaten by Poirot, yells: “Why do you insist on referring to yourself in the third person? It’s intensely irritating.” ‘Agatha Christie’s Poirot’ Comes to an End 2014-07-25T04:00:00Z The pilot, which aired at the wholly unambitious time of 11.45pm on a Saturday in mid-March, visits two browbeaten housewives whose lives take an explosive turn. Dark star: Julia Davis 2010-04-10T23:10:00Z My sister was browbeaten into naming her daughter after her mother-in-law and it still rankles her after more than 30 years. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Husband wants to name son for the late father his wife ‘couldn’t stand’ 2021-07-08T04:00:00Z We pine for the consolation of religion, but in its absence allow ourselves to be bamboozled by technology and browbeaten by consumerism. The return of Star Wars: an evil empire in Jedi clothing? 2015-11-22T05:00:00Z When we meet her, she is married to Dr. Goll, a browbeaten professor of medicine. Music Review: A Daring Production of 'Lulu' at the Salzburg Festival 2010-08-03T20:47:00Z So there’s not much to be done here, and browbeaten statements of gratitude are rarely satisfying. Social Q?s: How to Handle a Friend Who Steals Your Look 2010-03-12T17:19:00Z The other parties in the Northern Ireland Assembly have expressed frustration, but Donaldson said Tuesday that his party would not be “browbeaten into submission.” Clinton optimistic Northern Ireland govt will be revived 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Putin, interviewed on Russian television, also said European leaders had been browbeaten into losing their sense of sovereignty and independence. Putin says Germany remains "occupied" 2023-03-14T04:00:00Z But the truth is they had to be browbeaten into leading that revolution. LOVERRO: Burying the truth is no way to honor legacies of Ted Lerner, Ron Labinski 2023-02-16T05:00:00Z And the president has repeatedly browbeaten oil companies for purportedly keeping prices artificially high, contrary to his usual instincts as a business-friendly Democrat. Inside the Biden team’s fixation on gas prices 2022-11-02T04:00:00Z In an age when batters are browbeaten with launch angles aimed to produce longballs, the Guardians are an anomaly. Concentrating on contact, not power, Guardians an anomaly 2022-10-12T04:00:00Z As the tragedies accumulated midshow, I started to feel a little browbeaten by the cast. Review: Angst, anguish and Alanis. How 'Jagged Little Pill' plays at the Pantages 2022-09-16T04:00:00Z Of course Trump continues to believe that he controls the Republican Party, and that those who don't follow him can be threatened, browbeaten and, if necessary, physically beaten. Donald Trump gets his revenge on Liz Cheney — but it may be short-lived 2022-08-18T04:00:00Z "I don't expect you will be browbeaten by No 10 to do radical or strange new policies," he told them, but he added there was "no excuse to take your foot off the pedal". Boris Johnson pledges no big policy changes before departure 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z And it's not just about the gun fight, where Republicans have browbeaten most of us into thinking that change is impossible. Republicans' "solutions" to mass shootings are a distraction 2022-05-26T04:00:00Z Among the adversaries that Musk has browbeaten, count the board of Twitter. Column: Why don't regulators stop Elon Musk from breaking the law? 2022-05-18T04:00:00Z In his statement Tuesday, he also suggested that they were racially motivated — James and the newly elected Manhattan district attorney, Alvin Bragg, are Black — and that his accountants had been browbeaten into quitting. For Trump, a perilous exclamation point to years of wealth inflation 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z BMW has been browbeaten by enthusiasts who insist it has fattened up on S.U.V.s and leached the fun from its cars. High Octane and a Stick Shift: Standout Cars as an Era Starts to End 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z How did the FDA got browbeaten into approving an Alzheimer’s drug that may not work? Column: As Wall Street changed, one historic firm stood fast — for the better 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z Unlike their human designers, algorithms can’t be lobbied, intimidated, browbeaten or bribed, and they apply the same rules to every participant, unbiased by any personal relationship or grudge. Algorithms are deciding who gets the first vaccines. Should we trust them? 2020-12-23T05:00:00Z But the last-ditch argument by Trump’s defenders that Biden will be browbeaten by progressives into some imaginary program of radical socialism is absurd on its face. Opinion | Why this is Joe Biden’s hour 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z By the end of the 20th century, the two major victories of the American tenants’ movement — rent control and public housing — were in serious jeopardy, and the movement itself was browbeaten and stalled. The Tenants Who Evicted Their Landlord 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z It can't be browbeaten into slinking back to a spider hole in Afghanistan. Trump's Chernobyl moment: Phony patriotism can't defeat this virus 2020-10-06T04:00:00Z If there is a silver lining in the current browbeaten state of American science, it lies paradoxically in the pandemic itself. Pandemic brings Trump's war on science to the boil – but who will win? 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z “They’ve been browbeaten by the president for a long time now with him saying he knows more than they do and disregarding their raw intelligence,” he said. Schiff protects intel ‘status quo’ power by sinking wide-reaching FISA reform 2020-03-15T04:00:00Z Many of them keep a little quieter about it than their liberal counterparts, perhaps because “they’ve been browbeaten and ridiculed,” as Pat Boone once told The Hollywood Reporter. 7 celebs with conservative viewpoints in liberal Hollywood 2020-02-19T05:00:00Z In its earlier days, PopSockets tried to get Amazon’s attention about counterfeits sold there, only to be browbeaten by the tech giant into spending more on marketing, according to Barnett. PopSockets, Tile and other companies will ask Congress to help stop Big Tech bullying 2020-01-16T05:00:00Z Week 15 began with Jay Glazer’s report on the Fox pregame show, which included about 90 seconds of Bengals security interrogating browbeaten Patriots videographers. Analysis | What to know for NFL Week 15: The Cowboys aren’t dead, and the Bills are going to the playoffs 2019-12-16T05:00:00Z Other officers were browbeaten by their superiors in Tehran for laziness, and for sending back to headquarters reports that relied only on news accounts. The Iran Cables: Secret Documents Show How Tehran Wields Power in Iraq 2019-11-18T05:00:00Z Suddenly a refusal to back down looks less like personal strength and more like a desperate political tactic; suddenly the “no, you’re lying” strategy seems dangerously childish and those browbeaten opponents seem suddenly well-armed. Did Stephen Miller accidentally blow the whistle on Trump's presidency? 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z The real issue was the defenestration of Adkins, a popular and successful incumbent with an agreeable, slightly careworn manner, less elite level football manager, more browbeaten provincial scoutmaster who keeps terrapins. Punkish Pochettino nears end of Tottenham era that never quite was | Barney Ronay 2019-09-27T04:00:00Z Our politics suffers when voters feel browbeaten into supporting one major-party candidate simply because they hold the other in greater disdain. America needs ranked choice voting - here's why | David Daley 2019-09-22T04:00:00Z But to be ready for that fight, they must understand that Trump will do everything in his power to fight them; they must resolve not to be browbeaten into backing off one tiny bit. Trump's legal strategy and McConnell's power grab: Slow walk the documents, fast-track the judges 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Trump had browbeaten his attorney general for months after Sessions’ decision to step aside from the intensifying Russia investigation. Battered but still loyal to Trump, Sessions endures as AG 2018-01-28T05:00:00Z Noting how they like to copy the old feudal style, with big cars, browbeaten servants and brazen tax avoidance, Mr Laleka calls them “pseudo-feudals”. Pakistan still suffers from feudalism 2018-01-04T05:00:00Z Trump has both courted and browbeaten Democrats in recent weeks as he seeks support. Hours after trashing Democrats on taxes, Trump says he wants their help on a tax bill 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z However, the rookie did bring something to the Browns and their browbeaten fans. Rookie Kizer offers Browns hope with strong debut in loss 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z Caixinha encountered what the claiming of a point meant to the club’s hitherto browbeaten supporters. Rangers’ Clint Hill strikes late to deny Celtic in Old Firm game 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z It is extraordinary footage, not just because of the way Jamalida is browbeaten by the translators, but because the Burmese state broadcaster didn't translate what Jamalida is saying to the investigators in the Rohingya language. Hounded and ridiculed for complaining of rape - BBC News 2017-03-10T05:00:00Z An earlier meeting also ended without agreement, with some members reportedly complaining that the club was being browbeaten into changing its rules. Tokyo Olympic golf course must give female members equal rights or lose event, says IOC 2017-02-21T05:00:00Z Playing at Sutton United, though, will be a step into the unknown for the pampered millionaires from Arsenal, browbeaten by the 5-1 Champions League loss in Germany. FA Cup trip into the unknown for Arsenal after Munich misery 2017-02-16T05:00:00Z Mr. Juárez claimed in the interview that the detectives who interrogated him had browbeaten him into a confession. Times Reporter Can’t Be Compelled to Testify in Baby Hope Case, Court Rules 2016-10-20T04:00:00Z "The British people will not be browbeaten into making a choice against their interests on 23 June." Bloomberg says Brexit could hit UK business - BBC News 2016-05-18T04:00:00Z But presidential hopefuls, especially Republican ones, are routinely badgered and browbeaten. Trump’s Mess Has Become His Message 2016-03-31T04:00:00Z Have they just browbeaten by the term over the years, so that nearly everyone would say yes? Boston Consulting's Most Innovative Companies: Lessons From a Decade of Ranking 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z No longer ostracised and browbeaten, Putin was the man everybody wanted to meet. Vladimir Putin: from pariah to powerbroker in one year 2015-11-17T05:00:00Z An uplifting moment With the bootcamp over, both the browbeaten and the inspired rush to the front of the theatre. Can Beyoncé's dad make me a star? Inside a one-day fame 'bootcamp' 2015-10-30T04:00:00Z In response to such criticism, a browbeaten Valente eventually dropped the “problematic” moniker. To the new culture cops, everything is appropriation 2015-08-21T04:00:00Z "Every single one of them was browbeaten," Oprison said in his opening statement. Marines, corpsman refuse to testify against sergeant at retrial in Iraqi killing 2015-06-14T04:00:00Z The lawsuit says instructors told students the procedure was voluntary but those who refused were browbeaten and their academic standing was threatened. School: No more vaginal procedures for ultrasound training 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z Instructors told students the procedure was voluntary but those who refused were browbeaten and their academic standing was threatened, the lawsuit said. School: No more vaginal procedures for ultrasound training 2015-05-26T04:00:00Z The lawsuit says that instructors told them the procedure was voluntary but that students who refused were browbeaten and their academic standing was threatened. Lawsuit: Ultrasound students pressured to invasive procedure 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z Forget the sex-obsessed, manipulative sociopath; forget the naïve, browbeaten college girl. Amanda Knox verdict: The real evidence and why (almost) everything you think you know about the case is wrong 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z The same month, after being browbeaten over Ukraine at the Group of 20 summit meeting in Australia, Mr. Putin left before the event officially ended. Putin, Shunned by West, Visits India, a Friend Whose Interests May Lie Elsewhere 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z When she was health minister in 2009, she refused to be browbeaten into mandating an untested swine-flu vaccine, despite fears of a global epidemic. Flashes of competence 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z One grandfather told me he was so browbeaten into attending the chicken barbecues that he had to explain, mustering all the politeness required of the Amish, that he didn’t like chicken. What Happens When the Amish Get Rich 2014-06-26T04:00:00Z In a country where many journalists are browbeaten and censor their own work, there is a dogged core of excellent and unassuming reporters, many of them women, and she was one. Sri Lanka on path to brutalisation? 2014-02-08T20:14:42Z Here is an impeccably preserved piece of the Soviet Union, right down to the browbeaten babushkas listlessly sweeping the floors and the hammers and sickles decorating the walls. Valentina Tereshkova: The Greta Garbo of space 2013-06-08T00:01:26Z Some bristle even at the phrase “marriage promotion”, hearing in it browbeaten sinners being forced into church and down the aisle. Marriage in America: The fraying knot 2013-01-10T16:11:29Z But after being hounded, shamed, browbeaten and finally persuaded by his elders, he recently made a remarkable transformation. To Save Wildlife, and Tourism, Kenyans Take Up Arms 2012-12-29T19:10:23Z It was also noted that most Europeans associate Ayn Rand with the republicans while the republicans have never browbeaten Brazil and India to give the USA money. Daily chart: The European effect 2012-09-06T15:42:44Z In the midst of fights to tame public-sector pensions and reform teacher tenure, Christie has browbeaten Democratic opponents at town hall meetings. Ann Romney, Gov. Christie to address GOP convention Tuesday night 2012-08-28T16:11:00Z He characterizes Mayer’s move from wealthy, tech-savvy Google to browbeaten Yahoo as “a little bit like the mayor of Palo Alto being asked to run the city of Detroit.” Yahoo: Help Us, Marissa Mayer. You're Our Only Hope 2012-07-18T21:45:36Z “My personality was not such as to be easily browbeaten into a certain standpoint,” Dr. Tobias said. Phillip Tobias, 86, WhoIdentified Remains Related to Humans, Dies 2012-06-12T01:29:24Z The petty officer, who had conscientiously seen that the bottle-screws securing the basket were properly made fast, was bullied and browbeaten because the basket was torn away. The Airship "Golden Hind" 2012-04-21T02:00:26.983Z For poor Miss Billy, browbeaten though she was by almost everybody, possessed a very delicate and true perception in all such matters. Horace Chase 2012-03-08T03:00:09.693Z The other, after a conflict, allowed herself to be browbeaten, and sullenly, and with tears, yielded. The Abbess Of Vlaye 2012-02-19T03:00:15.523Z But for all that, the informer dared not point his finger at him; even Lord Clare was convinced that he must be endured or bought--not browbeaten. My Lords of Strogue, Vol. II (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:26.817Z The austere Abbess was not to be browbeaten. The Curse of Koshiu A Chronicle of Old Japan 2012-02-14T03:00:23.467Z By full-time, they were utterly browbeaten both on account of their own glaring shortcomings and Celtic's ruthlessness. Hearts 0-4 Celtic 2012-02-08T22:02:41Z Mr. Benoliel had no intention to allow himself to be browbeaten by a slip of a girl for whose happiness he was in a measure responsible. The Turnstile 2012-01-29T03:00:09.260Z You're quite mistaken," I answered curtly, for I wasn't going to be browbeaten in that way; "I meant to say nothing of the sort. Strange Stories 2012-01-16T03:00:05.067Z To hear my Mentor browbeaten on this subject was not altogether disagreeable to me, for I had a keen memory of his somewhat lofty tone of indulgence to me in the old times. A Witch of the Hills, v. 2-2 2011-12-15T03:00:17.253Z They were intimidated, browbeaten, imprisoned, condemned, and burned. Southern Spain 2011-11-11T03:00:28.423Z I will see whether I'm to be browbeaten in this manner. The Adventures of a Country Boy at a Country Fair 2011-10-08T02:00:21.640Z As if that wasn’t enough for the browbeaten Cyclones, Texas closed the half with a bit of trickery that worked to perfection. David Ash throws 2 TD passes and No. 17 Texas drills Iowa State 37-14 2011-10-02T03:54:40Z As if that wasn't enough for the browbeaten Cyclones, Texas closed the half with a bit of trickery that worked to perfection. No. 17 Texas drills Iowa State 37-14 2011-10-02T03:54:14Z Whether the rector was as grateful for Sir Henry Pove's arrival as Nare was ungrateful, nobody can say, but there is no denying that the rector looked a little browbeaten by that time. The Strand Magazine, Volume XXVII, Issue 160, April, 1904 2011-09-21T02:00:33.023Z Rae, who was not readily browbeaten, interrupted the speaker, and though he expressed no contrition, he showed such genuine anxiety concerning Miss Chatterton's health that her uncle was surprised, as well as mollified. The League of the Leopard 2011-07-23T02:00:12.490Z Thursby meditated an explosion, but refrained at discretion: Joan had taught him that, unlike her browbeaten mother and timid sister and her sleek, loaferish brother, she could give as good as he could send. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z “He savaged me,” a browbeaten Kennedy confided afterward to the New York Times correspondent James Reston. Did J.F.K. Lose Berlin? 2011-06-10T16:36:26Z "Am I to be browbeaten and insulted, by a convicted libertine and evil liver, without one word of protest or reproof?" Peccavi 2011-05-17T02:00:22.620Z Whenever she attempted to utter a word in her defence, she was browbeaten by the judges, and silenced by the clamours of the mob which filled the tribunal. Heroines That Every Child Should Know Tales for Young People of the World's Heroines of All Ages 2011-05-04T02:00:19.257Z "If you have any accusation to make against me, you can lay it before the faculty, but I will not sit here to be browbeaten and insulted in this fashion." Frank Merriwell's Return to Yale 2011-02-03T03:00:10.883Z Then she pulled herself together with determination to be neither browbeaten nor overborne. Joan Thursday 2011-06-25T02:00:19.897Z Unwilling to be browbeaten on the threshold of my own door, I determined to say something ere I returned to my place. The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts 2011-01-13T03:01:05.707Z It was as though two Russias were sparring in the courtroom, one mediocre, nervous and browbeaten, the other smart, modern and surprisingly relaxed. Khodorkovsky Conviction Shows Russian System Still Rotten 2010-12-27T19:27:00Z "But they weren't going to be browbeaten into it." Why Geithner Made A Surprise Stop in Beijing 2010-04-08T11:25:00Z But because Johnson is in such a strong position, he will have the coaching team he wants and he will not be browbeaten into making changes he does not want. Johnson resists making coaching change 2010-03-23T21:33:00Z She had been snubbed, and almost browbeaten, at dinner time, and she also had had a little conversation in private with Mr. Honyman. Rachel Ray "I am not to be browbeaten--by such a fellow as you particularly--least of all by a vile slave of Shund's." The Progressionists, and Angela. "No doubt," said Frank, determined not to be browbeaten. Ayala's Angel He will not give a vote like a browbeaten tradesman or a dependent tenant-farmer. Freehold Land Societies Their History, Present Position, and Claims She gave up quite quietly, for she thought that, whatever happened, I would be rich, because she had browbeaten lazy, unbusinesslike Paolo into making a will in my favour. The Brightener You have browbeaten and abused me for something I could no more do than I could fly. The "Genius" But at last, when my search is successful, to be browbeaten, derided, denounced, insulted,—oh, this is bitter indeed! Vashti or, Until Death Us Do Part He was trained to alternating days of hunger with days of feasting, to sleeping now on linen and now on straw, to being sometimes admired and sometimes browbeaten. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries Masterpieces of German Literature Vol. 19 Have we not been trifled with, browbeaten, and trampled on, by former governors, in a manner which no King of England since James the Second has dared to indulge towards his subjects? A Collection of State-Papers, Relative to the First Acknowledgment of the Sovereignty of the United States of America If the burly sergeant had jostled the guards unceremoniously to either side, had stamped on their feet, had threatened and browbeaten them, the new-comer was tenfold more violent and domineering. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front Those men have browbeaten the company long enough. In the Shadow of the Hills "Those children will be sadly browbeaten, I can see, and as for their poor aunt, she won't be able to call her soul her own." Jan and Her Job But I'm not a child, to be bullied and browbeaten, and I'm certainly not going to humour your curiosity about my private business. Nobody He despised himself for it; but all the while, in a shifting, browbeaten way, he was seeking for an excuse to capitulate. Hidden Water There was the dawn of a smile actually on the face of the rotund guard who had been so odiously browbeaten by the Sergeant. With Joffre at Verdun A Story of the Western Front Let us, therefore, not be browbeaten by civilization on account of its antiquity. Is civilization a disease? Madam," said I, "I will not have your daughter browbeaten. The O'Ruddy A Romance And if you and your men have threatened and browbeaten me enough for to-day, I will go.” Whispering Smith And though the poor browbeaten Chihuahuanos understood not a word of English they felt somehow that they had been overzealous and shuffled back to their blankets, like watchdogs that had been rebuked. Hidden Water He had been browbeaten out of using the blade for transportation purposes, but at that point he had simply ceased to develop. In a Little Town And it was his attitude that roused Tresler; the words were the words of an overweening bully, and might have been laughed at, but the attitude said more, and no man likes to be browbeaten. The Night Riders A Romance of Early Montana "We need no lessons in manners from you, Sir Henry Morgan," cried Hawxherst, angry in turn to be so browbeaten, though yesterday he would have taken it mildly enough. Sir Henry Morgan, Buccaneer A Romance of the Spanish Main When scolded, browbeaten, maligned and harassed, finance may well turn upon its professional fault-finders and challenge comparison. High Finance She was not to be browbeaten by adverse fortune into whining and accepting charity from her husband's mistresses—she had slipped into using the plural now. Cleo The Magnificent Or, the Muse of the Real No self-respecting woman, other than royal, would submit for a single week to be bullied and intrigued against and threatened and browbeaten as you are, and they have ill-used you for eleven years. Secret Memoirs: The Story of Louise, Crown Princess He had been hard—knowing men better than women—when he should have been mild; he had browbeaten where he should have forgiven. The Wild Geese The “independent electors” of the valley were not to be browbeaten by chiefs, priests, idols, or devils. Typee The hospital managers are to be browbeaten into the stand taken by the students, and now sanctioned by the professors. History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III They seemed browbeaten into the belief that it would be useless to fight back. Sawtooth Ranch These men he had misled and cheated were to him no more than brutes of the field, to be despised and ridiculed and browbeaten. Hurricane Island However browbeaten, however slavish, they had been in their former lives this spark seemed always alive. One Way Out A Middle-class New-Englander Emigrates to America Bentham shrank from the world in which he was easily browbeaten to the study in which he could reign supreme. The English Utilitarians, Volume I. From that time forth it was recognized that he was not the sort of man to be browbeaten. Stories of Authors, British and American You see, I get so browbeaten at home that I must avenge myself on somebody now and then; and of course, it has to be a man. A Pessimist In Theory and Practice “I vow, I ain’t so mighty sorry Speaker’s along 328 of us,” Pendrilla said after they had vainly browbeaten, threatened, and stoned the hound to drive him back through the gate. Judith of the Cumberlands The trooper was a dark, smart, dapper young fellow, of a type not easily browbeaten or subdued. Stingaree We’ll talk price until I have browbeaten you as low as you will go. The Making of Bobby Burnit Being a Record of the Adventures of a Live American Young Man He was not one to be browbeaten or cheated, and he resolved to fight out the battle. Tom, The Bootblack or, The Road to Success And if it is the one business of the specialist to obtain results, and we are all browbeaten into being specialists, but one result is going to be possible. The Lost Art of Reading Now he was to find what it means to be threatened, browbeaten, harassed in his work by inferiors. Frank of Freedom Hill Demoralized by the gunboat system, and disorganized and browbeaten by the loud-mouthed disfavor of representative Congressmen, the extinction of the service was not unnaturally expected. Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 1 The convicts were in the course of an hour or two ranged up against the bulwarks forward, and they were with much effort sufficiently browbeaten to bring them into some kind of order. Duffels As for poor little browbeaten Patty, she went home crying almost every night, and her tender mother was sometimes on the point of saying to her,— "Dear child, you shall not go another day." Little Grandmother Is he not browbeaten into taking things for granted whichever way he turns? The Lost Art of Reading In Great Britain, where the principle of selection has never been abandoned, in the application the Admiralty is none the less constrained—browbeaten, I fancy, would hardly be too strong a word—by opinion outside. From Sail to Steam, Recollections of Naval Life Do you think a girl will submit to that meekly—to be browbeaten, abused, endangered as I have been! The Lady and the Pirate Being the Plain Tale of a Diligent Pirate and a Fair Captive When Celia was browbeaten into her present engagement, she said frankly that she was only consenting to marry me because of my pianola, which she had always coveted. Once a Week He had gone away the night before in haste; but after thinking over the situation he believed that I could be browbeaten and my will set aside. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers He had accustomed men to think lightly of the ministers of the Crown, to see them browbeaten by favourites, and driven from office for corruption. History of the English People, Volume V Puritan England, 1603-1660 And on the other hand, poor Susan Fitzgerald, for all her blustering defiance of the tyrant sex, could in reality be overawed and browbeaten by any male not yet out of kilts. Other People's Business The Romantic Career of the Practical Miss Dale Captain Tom, however, had handled too many serious situations in France to be browbeaten by a termagant like Miss Susan Timmins. Ruth Fielding Down East Or, The Hermit of Beach Plum Point I will not attempt a description of the court scene, in which my military friend was browbeaten by the prosecutor, the prosecutor by the judge, and the judge by myself. Captain Canot or, Twenty Years of an African Slaver When it had gone on for a certain time, the prosecutorʼs adviser would propose an “extra-judicial arrangement,” to extort costs from the wearied and browbeaten defendant. The Philippine Islands A further examination showed that Poodles had browbeaten and threatened him; and we were disposed to palliate Pearl's offence, in consideration of his poverty and his dependent position, after he had confessed his error. Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student He has all the non-coms on to him out of jealousy; and he's bullied and browbeaten beyond endurance. VC — A Chronicle of Castle Barfield and of the Crimea Before Jackson came to office the Creeks of western Georgia had been browbeaten into sales of their lands and then removed to the region beyond Arkansas, to be known thereafter as the Indian Territory. Expansion and Conflict How much longer, I wondered, would they thus tamely suffer themselves to be hectored and browbeaten? how much longer go quietly to the gangway and submit to be severely flogged for the most trifling offences? The Rover's Secret A Tale of the Pirate Cays and Lagoons of Cuba “I did my duty, and it’s a mercy you’re all rid of him!” said Scarfe, losing temper at being thus browbeaten by a boy of Percy’s age. A Dog with a Bad Name He had learned that the students would not be browbeaten or bullied. Breaking Away or The Fortunes of a Student "But you may occupy the Herr Hauptman's," burst out the browbeaten Innkeeper. Ruth Fielding at the War Front or, The Hunt for the Lost Soldier I know you far too well, Iris, to permit you to go back to Bootle to be lectured and browbeaten by your uncle. The Stowaway Girl I'm not a little child to be scolded and browbeaten. North of Fifty-Three If so his cast-iron lordship might yet be browbeaten, or wheedled, into inaction. Gideon's Band A Tale of the Mississippi And the disputation, if it deserve the name, was prolonged for five hours; till Lambert, fatigued, confounded, browbeaten, and abashed, was at last reduced to silence. The History of England in Three Volumes, Vol.I., Part C. From Henry VII. to Mary Stephen was glad to see this person, because he could speak a little French, and because he had a mild air, as if he might easily be browbeaten. The Golden Silence He was not of the type that submits to being manhandled and browbeaten into purchasing cast-off garments. The Substitute Prisoner With all his constitutional regard for authority and his soldier's respect for discipline, Claverhouse would suffer himself to be browbeaten by no one. Claverhouse No one need be browbeaten any longer into accepting it. Winds Of Doctrine Studies in Contemporary Opinion A flush of anger rose to Gascoigne's cheek; his eyes flashed with the indignation he felt at being thus bullied and browbeaten; his lips quivered, but still he made no reply. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood The leading republicans in Congress found themselves of no use there, browbeaten, as they were, by a bold and overwhelming majority. Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 4 I have considered this matter a long time; I have determined that I will not be browbeaten any longer by two women and a priest—certainly not by you. Marzio's Crucifix and Zoroaster Canada was threatened, England browbeaten, and the Northerners all but kicked on the same score, and all as if property in slaves had privileges which no other goods have. The Last Journals of David Livingstone, in Central Africa, from 1865 to His Death, Volume I (of 2), 1866-1868 "M. le Sénéchal is not going to be browbeaten by a man he's flung out of the Island." Carette of Sark He was not to be browbeaten or abashed. The Thin Red Line; and Blue Blood It was the first time he had been browbeaten like this, but he kept his nerve. Larry Dexter's Great Search or, The Hunt for the Missing Millionaire It is not seldom the case that, when a man is browbeaten in some unprecedented and violently unreasonable way, he begins to stagger in his own plainest faith. The Piazza Tales By it Banneker recognized Poultney Masters, Jr., the son and heir of the tyrannous old financier who had for years bullied and browbeaten New York to his wayward old heart's content. Success A Novel I believe a few days afterwards they visited the Senate where the victims of von Bissing's "Terror" had been tried, browbeaten, insulted, mocked. Mrs. Warren's Daughter A Story of the Woman's Movement The landed interest is not going to be browbeaten by coal-mines. Red Pottage My heart sparkled at the idea of seeing Dickie again and being browbeaten in a good old, methodical, tender way. The Tinder-Box And now he treated me as courteously and formally as though he had never browbeaten me in the least. Twelve Men "And I," I retorted, "am not going to be browbeaten in my own home by one-foot-nothing of crankiness and chiffon." Jaffery He had been defied, browbeaten, insulted by the woman for whom he would almost have bartered his crown; and he vowed that he would be revenged. Love Romances of the Aristocracy He hated to think of her in the old miser's house, browbeaten and perhaps insulted, when he was not there to protect her. The Mating of Lydia The modern audience is not to be cajoled or browbeaten into belief. Elements of Debating Nobody could have browbeaten her, none irritated her nerves, exhausted her patience, or overreached her astuteness. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 6 The rest of them were bullied and browbeaten and hustled for a solid hour and a half until Clint, for one, scarcely knew whether he was on his head or his heels. Left Tackle Thayer My grandfather was not a man to be browbeaten. Tales of a Traveller Not yet browbeaten, the warlike Mrs. Sherman appealed to the General Court. The Beginnings of New England Or the Puritan Theocracy in its Relations to Civil and Religious Liberty Our envoys were insulted, asked for bribes, and browbeaten, until the two who retained a proper sense of their own and their country's dignity took their passports and departed. George Washington, Volume II I do not propose, friends, to be browbeaten by an upstart of a preacher. Around Old Bethany A Story of the Adventures of Robert and Mary Davis It has been practised upon by theorists, browbeaten by sophists, intimidated by princes, betrayed by false sons, laid waste by tyranny, corrupted by wealth, torn by schism, and persecuted by fanaticism. The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 The court, now yielding, now attempting to resist, allowed itself to be browbeaten by Mirabeau. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters Oh, I am not to be browbeaten, Dunborough!' she went on; 'and I will trouble you not to kick my furniture, you unmannerly puppy. The Castle Inn Probably no man in England is so systematically browbeaten all round as the country gentleman. Hodge and His Masters The interested neighbours, each beset by fugitives of its oppressed nationals, protested only to be ignored or browbeaten. The Balkans A History of Bulgaria—Serbia—Greece—Rumania—Turkey Might not his integrity be browbeaten and defeated, as mine had been? Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are Thereupon, finding Tess unfairly browbeaten, the husbands and lovers tried to make peace by defending her; but the result of that attempt was directly to increase the war. Tess of the d'Urbervilles Nobody could have browbeaten her, none irritated her nerves, exhausted her patience, or over-reached her astuteness. Villette In fact, he hectored his father as unscrupulously, as unceremoniously, as he had browbeaten Belden. With the Procession The chapter of the Cathedral of Coimbra held the converse opinion that priests were not to be browbeaten by a prince, and set themselves to make Affonso Henriques realize this to his bitter cost. The Historical Nights' Entertainment Second Series And shall I now be browbeaten by a chitty-faced girl?—I have not given you a fortune! Caleb Williams Or Things as They Are I didn't want to be browbeaten into submission—as you browbeat poor Virginia, and as you would Tony if he hadn't got a good dash of the Brabazon devil in him. The Vision of Desire Why, thought he to himself, should he be thus browbeaten by a dirty old Newgate lawyer? The Three Clerks When he is frightened, or bullied, or browbeaten, he does not know what he is doing or saying. Chantry House Such a thing as this indulgence in fresh air seemed altogether foreign to the commissary's experience; and but for my official dignity, I am sure that I should have been effectually browbeaten by him. Venetian Life It was these views upon Italian questions--namely, that peace was all-important and that little kingdoms, however corrupt and despotic, should not be browbeaten, which made Lord Granville so acceptable to the Court. Lady John Russell He had been badly browbeaten, and—for some reason—he had had to submit. The Bars of Iron He was not easily browbeaten, and was generally prepared to browbeat others. The Three Clerks The mother had protested prettily, had said the bonnet was "too young" and all that, but had been browbeaten and overcome and made submissive. The Wolf's Long Howl But Sussex is not easily browbeaten when it thinks itself in the right. The Postmaster's Daughter They propped him against the wall and he, the man who had insolently defied the laws of a great commonwealth, who had bribed legislatures and bossed judges and browbeaten the public, slobbered, denied and begged. Average Jones It struck her as ludicrous that she should be browbeaten on this point. The Bars of Iron "I will not be browbeaten and insulted, Miss Beaufort!" cried she, taking refuge in noise, since right had deserted her. Thaddeus of Warsaw But the King would not be browbeaten before the great lords and barons, and he swore a great oath that he would go by the valley, come what might. Via Crucis But I couldn't forget the daughter of this browbeaten American father. A Fool and His Money The housekeeper was independent in her feelings, and, knowing that she could readily obtain another situation, did not choose to be browbeaten by Mr. Holden. Try and Trust I wonder that you, who have been a soldier, should let yourself be browbeaten by your wife. Comedies by Holberg : Jeppe of the Hill, The Political Tinker, Erasmus Montanus Hector looked up, and saw advancing a young man, dressed in rusty black, with a meek and long-suffering expression, as one who was used to being browbeaten. Hector's Inheritance, Or, the Boys of Smith Institute I would not have my kinsman browbeaten at mine own table by the self-conceited son of a dalesman, even if he have got a round hat and Geneva band! Unknown to History: a story of the captivity of Mary of Scotland The book was for many days snubbed, buffeted, browbeaten; and the care fully-woven tapestry was torn into shreds and trampled upon; and it seemed that the patiently sculptured shrine was overtured and despised and desecrated. St. Elmo But the stern old Governor was still unbending, and not till next day was he browbeaten into signing both papers. This Country of Ours He fancied, perhaps, that she was not mistress in her house, that she could be browbeaten by her sister and her nurse. Jeremy I dropped my glance, browbeaten for an instant. The Strolling Saint; being the confessions of the high and mighty Agostino D'Anguissola, tyrant of Mondolfo and Lord of Carmina in the state of Piacenza I'm struggling to do my best, and I'm browbeaten on every side. Doctor Thorne The artillery did not do well, and were browbeaten by guns which they should have smothered under their fire. The Great Boer War A browbeaten glance, almost of misery, was all she gave him. The Romantic Adventures of a Milkmaid If he had been bullied and browbeaten, here, at least, was one upon whom he, in his turn, might taste the joys of bullying and browbeating. Saint Martin's Summer He had been unanimously blackballed, even his proposer and seconder, who had been browbeaten into nominating him for membership, voting against him. A House-Boat on the Styx She had been browbeaten into hypersensitive timidity early in life, and did not know how to resent cleverly managed polite bullying. T. Tembarom It was, indeed, painful to be daily browbeaten by an enemy: but it was not less painful to know that an enemy was daily breathing calumny and evil counsel in the royal ear. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 But the little fop was not to be browbeaten. Captain Blood He felt marooned, held up, attacked, assailed, levied upon, sacked, assessed, panhandled, browbeaten, though he knew not why. Options Why was I always suffering, always browbeaten, always accused, for ever condemned? Jane Eyre They had been browbeaten, threatened, imprisoned, prosecuted, and had narrowly escaped utter ruin. The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume 2 |
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