absolute rule
Example Sentences
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As Arendt understood, the criminal state eliminates one of the final barriers to absolute rule.
From Salon • Dec. 10, 2024
The Heat know it’s not an absolute rule.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 1, 2020
In 1975, after nearly four decades of absolute rule, Spain’s Generalissimo Francisco Franco died, two weeks before his 83rd birthday.
From Washington Times • Nov. 20, 2018
Many an author has found the task of managing a public profile confounding and distasteful, especially after spending so much time in imaginary worlds over which they have absolute rule.
From Slate • Oct. 13, 2017
Love and tenderness had absolute rule for the time, and even had power to overcome the sorrowful thoughts that would often rise, so that in spite of them peace reigned.
From The Wide, Wide World by Warner, Susan
