tyrannous

Example Sentences

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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

Among colonists who resisted British power, this view of the “massacre” confirmed their fears of a tyrannous government using its armies to curb the freedom of British subjects.

From Textbooks • Dec. 30, 2014

It was useless to go on dramatizing her charms and talents for the benefit of these ridiculous knights—useless to go on hunting them with the tyrannous baits of what she thought was love.

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