iron hand

Jack not only ran the noon games — with an iron hand — but was, more often than not, the best player.

At 75, the spirited Pacha founder, Ricardo Urgell, keeps an iron hand on his empire.

There is no doubt that, had necessity with her iron hand compelled him, he would have been an excellent painter.

To a great extent the army, ever partial to the iron hand, has given it the support of its great power.

But the count once more expatiated on the iron hand indispensable for children as well as for the people.

While it lasted we literally and constantly meet with the “iron hand under the velvet glove.”

The iron hand of Nemesis seemed reaching out to grasp Nevill, and he shuddered as he realized his danger.