reign of terror
Example Sentences
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Is this the beginning of the Mamdani reign of terror?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 28, 2026
Crucially, she makes Cady as vivid and charismatic in her awkward deer-in-the-headlights moments as she is when her own Plastics reign of terror begins.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 10, 2024
There was nothing covert or forgettable about her reign of terror, which saw the Hawkeyes reach their first title game, which they lost to LSU on Sunday.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 4, 2023
Mr. Milone’s complaint depicts what it calls a dysfunctional “vipers’ nest” of Vatican intrigue, financial malfeasance, papal hypocrisy about transparency and a reign of terror by bug- and-blackmail-prone gendarmes.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
A reign of terror ensued, during which the unfortunate principality was well-nigh ruined.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 8 "Hudson River" to "Hurstmonceaux" by Various
