reign of terror
Example Sentences
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There was nothing covert or forgettable about her reign of terror, which saw the Hawkeyes reach their first title game, which they lost to LSU on Sunday.
From Washington Post • Apr. 4, 2023
Basgallop dresses up basic horror premises with curlicues of mordant, deadpan humor, and creates an ambient pea soup of unease that, for his well-employed but economically insecure young characters, constitutes a reign of terror.
From New York Times • Feb. 24, 2023
The Astros’ postseason reign of terror continues: 3-0 against the Mariners, 4-0 against the Yankees and now 1-0 against Elton John.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 28, 2022
The grasp these inexplicable animated creatures hold on cinema is insidious, and they continue their reign of terror in their latest cinematic dispatch, “Minions: The Rise of Gru.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2022
Had not the reign of terror in Paris proved what was the upshot, if the religious instincts of the masses were lost?
From Socialism: Utopian and Scientific by Engels, Friedrich
