iron-handed
Example Sentences
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Some of those critics now say her new government could be even more iron-handed and aggressive.
From Fox News • Jan. 2, 2019
In Peru, voters chose Sunday between two conservative candidates in a tight presidential race that has become a referendum on the legacy of imprisoned ex-President Alberto Fujimori’s iron-handed rule in the 1990s.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2016
The hotel's fitness center is one of the best in the city, with an indoor pool and treadmills overlooking the city skyline; the spa has plunge pools, steam rooms, and iron-handed masseuses.
From Time Magazine Archive
One, and one only, he recognized, and that was the stern, ever-apparent, iron-handed wrenching of his father.
From Youth Challenges by Kelland, Clarence Budington
The only bank that Blackwater had ever had or needed was the safe in Old Whiskers’ saloon; and now this rich schemer, this iron-handed robber, was going to start a bank!
From Wunpost by Coolidge, Dane
