peremptoriness

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Covering not just movies and television but also theater and cabaret, Reed, a Southerner who seemed as much a part of Manhattan as the skyline, lorded over the arts with a homogenizing mainstream peremptoriness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Perhaps the recollection that they were tears came suddenly; for with very sudden sweet peremptoriness he said, "Faith, hush!—Are you so glad to see me?"

From Say and Seal, Volume II by Warner, Susan

A flicker of his earlier peremptoriness came into his voice.

From Free Air by Lewis, Sinclair

Then he shot out another question with the sharp peremptoriness of a prosecuting attorney, and in the high, rasping voice of his affliction.

From The Roof Tree by Conrey, Lee F.

Timid Peers were alarmed at the King’s peremptoriness, and said that it might cost him his throne.

From The Divorce of Catherine of Aragon The Story as Told by the Imperial Ambassadors Resident at the Court of Henry VIII by Froude, J.A.