domineering

Example Sentences

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At the time, the idea of crossing into the domineering English mainstream was often just a one-way deal, Times music columnist Agustin Gurza argued.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 10, 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

In a profile of Shapiro for The Atlantic, Alberta said the governor “moved between outrage and exasperation” as Alberta shared Harris’ characterizations of Shapiro as overconfident and domineering.

From Salon • Dec. 3, 2025

But in the mind of the FBI’s domineering director, J. Edgar Hoover, they were rivals.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield