- present participle of domineer.
domineering
Example Sentences
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Through it all, however, West struggled with depression and a sense of self-loathing, and had trouble with intimacy, much of it a by-product of a hardscrabble childhood in West Virginia with a domineering father.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 14, 2026
In fact he is the opposite — a domineering strongman who seeks to bully everyone around him into compliance.
From Salon ● Mar. 19, 2026
"He was just so domineering and you just couldn't talk back to him," she added.
From BBC ● Feb. 7, 2026
In a four-hour encounter, Hassan questioned him in a level but domineering voice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 12, 2025
All day he lay there listening to the silence of huddled trees with only a domineering black hen for company.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
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