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overbear
verb as in browbeat
verb as in bully
verb as in command
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verb as in dominate
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verb as in domineer
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verb as in plume
verb as in preponderate
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Example Sentences
In one early scene, she voices her preference for maneuvering around Shiz University, where she’s just enrolled, without help — a desire wholly understood by her sister, if not their overbearing father or the campus staff.
However, his NBC '68 music special was being run by his overbearing manager Colonel Tom Parker.
We all need an anecdote about Ethel Merman, who starred as Rose, the overbearing stage mother.
This sense of play is key, allowing “Great Gold Bird” to delve heavily into the realities of living with prolonged grief — its delusions, its isolating nature and its fantastical hopes — without feeling overbearing.
Asked for her response to Roan’s comments about overbearing fans, Sara says, “Of course she has every right to be like, ‘Y’all are crazy.’”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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