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

Mrs. Bodkin liked her because she was good-natured, and neither strong-minded nor strong-willed enough to domineer over her.

From A Charming Fellow, Volume I (of 3) by Trollope, Frances Eleanor

It was amusing to see her domineer over the doctor, trained nurse, and landlady, and I soon learned to whom to make my pleas for extra liberty or special privileges.

From The Story of an Untold Love by Ford, Paul Leicester

This is a secret neat as that of the Sphinx: to "go softly" among events, yet domineer them.

From Modern Essays by Ayres, Harry Morgan