tyrannous

Example Sentences

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In a December 1904 message to Congress, Roosevelt disdained any “unmanly” inclination to a “peace of tyrannous terror, the peace of craven weakness, the peace of injustice.”

From Salon • Dec. 27, 2025

Caught between the maniacal determination of Purlie and the tyrannous wrath of Cotchipee, Lutiebelle discovers wiles she never knew she possessed.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2023

“All of our lives we had to have this tyrannous, treacherous statue looking over us,” Moore said.

From Washington Times • Jun. 20, 2020

It echoes the embrace of homespun clothing in pre-revolutionary America—an effort to reduce the consumption of imported fabrics controlled and taxed by the tyrannous British.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2020

All the tyrannous giants were dead, all the dangerous dragons—some of which used to come down with a burrr like the peregrine’s stoop—had been put out of action.

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White