domineer
Example Sentences
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He could dominate and domineer musicians in a recording studio, once upon a time, but he couldn’t charm 12 people on a 2007 jury into believing his story.
From Time • Mar. 21, 2013
It goes to the head like wine, and you find attempts made outside journalism to dictate, to domineer to blackmail.
From Time Magazine Archive
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The pride of man makes him love to domineer, and nothing mortifies him to much as to be obliged to condescend to persuade his inferiors.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Garnier, Germain
Our outward act, indeed, admits restraint; ’Tis not in things o’er thought to domineer; Guard well thy thought; our thoughts are heard in heaven.
From Young's Night Thoughts With Life, Critical Dissertation and Explanatory Notes by Young, Edward
Accustomed as she was to domineer over the seemingly weak-willed man, there had been times, within her memory, when he had thrown off her rule and asserted himself to a degree that terrified her.
From Jessica, the Heiress by Raymond, Evelyn
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.