domineering
Example Sentences
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Born in 1929 to a wealthy and conservative family -- by her account with a domineering mother and philandering father -- Kusama began producing her unique signature art aged 10.
From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026
Yeong-hye is a young married woman in Seoul whose domineering husband prizes her for her unchallenging plainness.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Through it all, however, West struggled with depression and a sense of self-loathing, and had trouble with intimacy, much of it a by-product of a hardscrabble childhood in West Virginia with a domineering father.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
In fact he is the opposite — a domineering strongman who seeks to bully everyone around him into compliance.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
It is as domineering as the eye of the captain.
From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing domineering
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