Thesaurus / hector
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There was one card signed "Hector," but I don't know anyone named Hector!
HINTS FROM HELOISE: POP-UP ADS ANGER READERHELOISE HELOISEMAY 31, 2021WASHINGTON POSTHe guessed that the request was connected with Hector Caron's death; and, of course, gave his consent.
MRS. FALCHION, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERJustine tried hard for composure, and answered gently: "I loved my brother Hector."
MRS. FALCHION, COMPLETEGILBERT PARKERFor Hector ran away from a single man; this hero was never known to run away at all.
IT IS NEVER TOO LATE TO MENDCHARLES READEMajor Hector Munro took command of the British army, and found it in a mutinous condition; desertions to the enemy were frequent.
THE POLITICAL HISTORY OF ENGLAND - VOL. X.WILLIAM HUNTAnd then, dear Hector, if you only knew how some people's tempers have altered since you went away!
AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL REMINISCENCES WITH FAMILY LETTERS AND NOTES ON MUSICCHARLES GOUNODThere was no interdiction against it; Hector Hall, with his big guns, could not ride in and order a man off that domain.
THE FLOCKMASTER OF POISON CREEKGEORGE W. OGDENShe ceased denying him her face, even smiled a little, seeming to forget Hector Hall and his pending vengeance.
THE FLOCKMASTER OF POISON CREEKGEORGE W. OGDENMackenzie saw at a glance that neither of them was Hector Hall, but one a woman, her loose garments flapping as she rode.
THE FLOCKMASTER OF POISON CREEKGEORGE W. OGDENI wonder what kind of an excuse Hector made when he went home without his guns!
THE FLOCKMASTER OF POISON CREEKGEORGE W. OGDENWORDS RELATED TO HECTOR
- be in the saddle
- bend
- bluster
- boss around
- browbeat
- bulldoze
- bully
- call the shots
- dominate
- hector
- henpeck
- in the driver's seat
- intimidate
- keep under thumb
- kick around
- lead by the nose
- menace
- overbear
- predominate
- preponderate
- prevail
- push the buttons
- reign
- rule
- rule the roost
- run the show
- run things
- swagger
- threaten
- throw weight around
- tyrannize
- annoy
- bait
- be at
- be on one's back
- be on one's case
- be on one's tail
- beat the bushes
- bird-dog
- bother
- bug
- chivy
- curdle
- dog
- drive
- give chase
- goad
- harass
- harry
- hassle
- heckle
- hector
- hunt
- hunt down
- impel
- leave no stone unturned
- persecute
- pester
- prod
- provoke
- pursue
- rag
- rag on
- ride
- scout
- scratch
- scratch around
- search high heaven
- tail
- take out after
- track down
- turn inside out
- turn upside down
- yap at
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