peremptoriness

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Covering not just movies and television but also theater and cabaret, Reed, a Southerner who seemed as much a part of Manhattan as the skyline, lorded over the arts with a homogenizing mainstream peremptoriness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

He knocked again, this time with a peremptoriness augmented by the fear in his heart.

From The Trail of Conflict by Loring, Emilie Baker

"Then let us pray that I may get back to the point," with grave peremptoriness.

From Helen Grant's Schooldays by Douglas, Amanda M.

Would they not, with considerable peremptoriness, desire these intrusively pious members of society to mind their own business?

From On Liberty by Mill, John Stuart

The farmer, as soon as he could recover from his astonishment, passed the order on to his family and domestics with a peremptoriness no doubt considerably enhanced by his own lively fears.

From Two Daring Young Patriots or, Outwitting the Huns by Webb, Archibald