heavy-handedness
Example Sentences
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Despite its heavy-handedness, the Emergency was seen by some as a period of order and efficiency.
From BBC • Jun. 24, 2025
District Judge David O. Carter, a no less colorful figure than Yagman, has built a reputation for judicial unorothodoxy bordering on heavy-handedness.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2024
It is all a response to two dynamics: A U.S. government demanding more from its allies, and reaction to what many in the region see as Beijing’s heavy-handedness as its economic and military prowess expand.
From Washington Times • Jan. 17, 2023
French police regularly clear makeshift migrant camps on France’s northern coastdrawing complaints of heavy-handedness from migrants and human rights groups.
From Washington Post • Nov. 25, 2021
He appealed strongly to all that was worst in Roman taste—its heavy-handedness, its admiration of verbal cleverness, its tendency towards brutality.
From Latin Literature by Mackail, J. W. (John William)
