domineering
Example Sentences
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The actor was shown to no less domineering effect in The Great Santini, playing a frustrated Marine pilot who hectors and browbeats his teenage children.
From BBC
But Roslyn Ruff, a talented actor who speaks the verse with commendable clarity, fails to imbue the character with the necessary domineering imperiousness.
At the time, the idea of crossing into the domineering English mainstream was often just a one-way deal, Times music columnist Agustin Gurza argued.
From Los Angeles Times
"He was just so domineering and you just couldn't talk back to him," she added.
From BBC
Helen, the oldest sibling, is a domineering homemaker who has appointed herself keeper of the family recipes.
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