iron hand

Example Sentences

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"Nicola Sturgeon ran that party with a rod of iron, hand and glove with her husband," she said.

From BBC • May 26, 2026

Tribal leader Wilson “sometimes ruled with an iron hand, but sometimes on Pine Ridge that was necessary.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2023

"There's a very strict regime of censorship that relies a lot on self-censorship, but the iron hand of repression is there to enforce it," he said.

From Reuters • Dec. 2, 2022

Otherwise, corruption inevitably will reign with an iron hand and a steel boot.

From Slate • May 19, 2022

It felt as if an iron hand had gripped his heart and was pulling it out between his ribs, so that he pressed his hands to the place and vainly tried to hold it in.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman