iron-handed
Example Sentences
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Some of those critics now say her new government could be even more iron-handed and aggressive.
From Fox News • Jan. 2, 2019
In Peru, voters chose Sunday between two conservative candidates in a tight presidential race that has become a referendum on the legacy of imprisoned ex-President Alberto Fujimori’s iron-handed rule in the 1990s.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2016
The hotel's fitness center is one of the best in the city, with an indoor pool and treadmills overlooking the city skyline; the spa has plunge pools, steam rooms, and iron-handed masseuses.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Oh! he has got two hundred iron-handed fellows beyond the gates," replied the Prince.
From Agincourt The Works of G. P. R. James, Volume XX by James, G. P. R. (George Payne Rainsford)
Poetry must make a few iron-handed, gentle-hearted, mighty men next.
From Crowds A Moving-Picture of Democracy by Lee, Gerald Stanley
