overbearing

Example Sentences

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But in the wrong hands, whether that is an overbearing state or a foreign power, the information could be used for something more nefarious.

From BBC

Within a year, Shockley’s overbearing management style — and a tendency to claim other people’s work as his own — prompted Dr. Moore and seven other scientists to bolt.

From Washington Post

I also mourn those we lost to the crushing and overbearing lockdowns and mandates that were based on junk science.

From Fox News

Daniel Powers, meanwhile, is admirably nimble as the butterfingered waiter in the witty restaurant number “A Romantic Atmosphere,” and David Schlumpf conveys expert exasperation as the overbearing maitre’ d.

From Washington Post

Several people who phoned into the Wednesday meeting argued that the L.A. rules were overbearing and discriminatory.

From Los Angeles Times