heavy-handedness
Example Sentences
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Despite its heavy-handedness, the Emergency was seen by some as a period of order and efficiency.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025
District Judge David O. Carter, a no less colorful figure than Yagman, has built a reputation for judicial unorothodoxy bordering on heavy-handedness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2024
Ordinarily, the complaints of beat reporters center on their battles with their counterparts in public relations, who alternate between obfuscation and heavy-handedness.
From New York Times • Feb. 6, 2023
Kim Ji-myung, who founded the Korean Interpretation Institute, accuses China of heavy-handedness.
From Washington Times • Jan. 26, 2023
He appealed strongly to all that was worst in Roman taste—its heavy-handedness, its admiration of verbal cleverness, its tendency towards brutality.
From Latin Literature by Mackail, J. W. (John William)
