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Six example sentences with duress, each labelled with its topic.
She signed the waiver under duress, with the manager standing over her desk repeating that refusal meant losing the shift.
Law
The confession scene works because the audience already knows the character is speaking under duress and every word is scripted.
Movies
A contract agreed under duress can be unwound later, which is why negotiators keep minutes showing both parties were free to leave.
Business
King John sealed the charter under duress, with the barons' army camped in the meadow across from his tent.
History
Decisions made under duress tend to be worse, since a person facing a threat weighs only the next few minutes.
Psychology
The heroine's promise, extracted under duress in the first act, is the one the villain tries to enforce in the last.
Literature
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