peremptoriness

Example Sentences

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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

He knocked again, this time with a peremptoriness augmented by the fear in his heart.

From The Trail of Conflict by Loring, Emilie Baker

She looked round with a touch of her native peremptoriness.

From The Red Cockade by Weyman, Stanley John

Hope was admitted with unwillingness even to her, and was obliged to assume his ultimate degree of peremptoriness of manner with her nurses.

From Deerbrook by Martineau, Harriet

Theodore pushed back his chair from the table with a harsh peremptoriness, startling them all.

From A Country Gentleman and his Family by Oliphant, Mrs. (Margaret)