tyrannize
Example Sentences
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Only to tyrannize behind the scenes and invariably whack others for his mistakes — coaches, general managers, executives by the score finding themselves slurred and slimed and used as human shields.
From Washington Post • Jul. 4, 2022
In the 18th century, colonists speculated that a British statesman - John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, was a behind a cabal to tyrannize Americans.
From Washington Times • Feb. 15, 2019
In the 18th century, colonists speculated that a British statesman — John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute, was a behind a cabal to tyrannize Americans.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2019
“Respect on its own is cold and inert, insufficient to overcome the bad tendencies that lead human beings to tyrannize over one another,” she wrote.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 18, 2016
Her eyes may be blinded for a little while, and he may attempt to tyrannize through this power he has over her now, but Camilla is not his mother.
From Capricious Caroline by Rowlands, Effie Adelaide
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
