tyrant

Example Sentences

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The author is a fan of this feminist hero but acknowledges that Rankin was a family tyrant with a short fuse.

From The Wall Street Journal

To mirror the real world, the Land of Sweets was not spared from an evil nutcracker tyrant.

From Los Angeles Times

But he was not a tyrant like some surgeons.

From The Wall Street Journal

Just thirty-four, Castro had overthrown a corrupt tyrant and seized control of Cuba less than two years before.

From Literature

In Europe, it was fought against Nazi Germany and Adolf Hitler, a tyrant and true monster, and against Italy and Benito Mussolini, a clownish but vile Fascist.

From The Wall Street Journal