domineer

Example Sentences

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He could dominate and domineer musicians in a recording studio, once upon a time, but he couldn’t charm 12 people on a 2007 jury into believing his story.

From Time • Mar. 21, 2013

It goes to the head like wine, and you find attempts made outside journalism to dictate, to domineer to blackmail.

From Time Magazine Archive

The pride of man makes him love to domineer, and nothing mortifies him to much as to be obliged to condescend to persuade his inferiors.

From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain

At first she had merely liked to patronize the young college boy; rather to domineer over him, looking upon him as a child in comparison with herself.

From Mildred Arkell, Volume II (of 3) A Novel by Wood, Mrs. Henry

He hated the domination of others, but was prone to domineer himself.

From Lady Anna by Trollope, Anthony