dominative

Example Sentences

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But against this latter view is to be set the consideration, that God is manifestly averse to using His dominative power to overturn natural ordinances.

From Moral Philosophy by Rickaby, Joseph , S. J.

I shall never forget the well-meaning feeble villain, stricken down by remorse and impending terror, and the dominative Baron bullying him the while, with words supplied piecemeal by the sufferer.

From The Making Of A Novelist An Experiment In Autobiography by Murray, David Christie

Studies of teachers' classroom personalities, 2: effects of teacher's dominative and integrative contacts on children's classroom behavior.

From U.S. Copyright Renewals, 1973 July - December by Library of Congress. Copyright Office

They became angry and dominative; and the more they thus exhibited themselves, the more scorn and contumely they encountered.

From An Historical Account of the Settlements of Scotch Highlanders in America by MacLean, J. P. (John Patterson)

The objectionable case of I. The personal pronoun in English has three cases, the dominative, the objectionable and the oppressive.

From The Devil's Dictionary by Bierce, Ambrose