hold dominion
Example Sentences
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The other reason to contemplate a cat’s consciousness is that we might learn something about those other creatures over which we now hold dominion — robots.
From New York Times • Aug. 27, 2021
I’ll take down Clarissa AND Eddie AND hold dominion over all of this school.
From New York Times • Apr. 21, 2016
Today, in the once-derelict Northern Quarter, record stores, live venues and sonic-minded galleries and pubs hold dominion.
From New York Times • Apr. 29, 2011
Winston Churchill was a young army officer when Rudyard Kipling was writing about the Lord God of Hosts "beneath whose awful hand we hold dominion over palm and pine."
From Time Magazine Archive
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We agree with Donald Hankey that the appetites hold dominion over the average man, whether civilian or soldier.
From With Our Soldiers in France by Eddy, Sherwood