iron hand
Example Sentences
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Critics say he has ruled with an iron hand since he seized control and having gone back on pledges to step down, he is the only president most Ugandans have known.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
"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
John Bolton met Thursday with Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko, who has ruled the nation of 10 million with an iron hand for a quarter century, showing little tolerance to dissent and independent media.
From Seattle Times • Aug. 29, 2019
Penelope was surprised to hear it, for Mrs. Clarke ran the household with the iron hand of, well, a Spartan general, and that meant she was nearly always on the premises.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
