tyrannous

Example Sentences

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In a December 1904 message to Congress, Roosevelt disdained any “unmanly” inclination to a “peace of tyrannous terror, the peace of craven weakness, the peace of injustice.”

From Salon

“All of our lives we had to have this tyrannous, treacherous statue looking over us,” Moore said.

From Washington Times

Maybe there was a different vision of society than exploitative capitalism or tyrannous communism.

From The Guardian

All the tyrannous giants were dead, all the dangerous dragons—some of which used to come down with a burrr like the peregrine’s stoop—had been put out of action.

From Literature

“That is all lies and slander. Daesh is an aggressive, tyrannous group that has no relation,” he said, using another term for the Islamic State.

From New York Times