tyranny
Example Sentences
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“Discipline without love is tyranny. And tyrants, they were not,” she says.
From Salon
Plus, three reasons the stock market can endure the war, the Venezuelan first lady’s other job, and the tyranny of the Oura ring.
As the title implies, “One Battle” imagines an America where little improves, no matter how much people fight tyranny.
From Los Angeles Times
When our servicemen and -women put themselves in harm’s way to confront tyranny, they deserve our thanks.
When protests broke out to oust the Shah, she showed up for her community, a tightknit cluster of graduate students who were frustrated by his extravagance and tyranny.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.