peremptoriness
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Covering not just movies and television but also theater and cabaret, Reed, a Southerner who seemed as much a part of Manhattan as the skyline, lorded over the arts with a homogenizing mainstream peremptoriness.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 12, 2026
"Then let us pray that I may get back to the point," with grave peremptoriness.
From Helen Grant's Schooldays by Amanda M. Douglas
And again the new note of peremptoriness rang in her voice, and her mother stopped suddenly short like a scolded child.
From Ghetto Tragedies by Israel Zangwill
The farmer, as soon as he could recover from his astonishment, passed the order on to his family and domestics with a peremptoriness no doubt considerably enhanced by his own lively fears.
From Two Daring Young Patriots or, Outwitting the Huns by Archibald Webb
She looked round with a touch of her native peremptoriness.
From The Red Cockade by Stanley John Weyman
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