tyranny
Example Sentences
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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.
Instead, they saw a “hopeful and enthusiastic working-class,” enjoying freedom from the “tyranny and incompetence of their former rulers” and “setting an example of industry and conduct” for all to emulate.
Mr. Klosterman doesn’t solve the riddle of football’s “all-encompassing tyranny” over fans.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
