misrule

Example Sentences

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They badly underestimated her massive star power, and they underestimated how much their decades of misrule had alienated most of the population.

From BBC • Jan. 14, 2026

Nigeria's election next week marks nearly a quarter century of democracy in Africa's most populous nation, which in previous decades had become a byword for coups and military misrule.

From Reuters • Feb. 17, 2023

“The pattern of many leaders is to be exalted in life and forgotten after death,” the archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, said in a eulogy that seemed to speak to a world plagued by misrule.

From New York Times • Sep. 19, 2022

They accuse him and his powerful family, which includes several siblings who until recently held top government positions, of precipitating the crisis through corruption and misrule.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 7, 2022

Nobody is ever guilty of misrule in this country but the rulers, and the rulers are the people.

From From the Easy Chair, series 2 by Curtis, George William