- a variation of tyrannical.
tyrannic
Example Sentences
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The tsars’ successors, the Soviets, proclaimed lofty ideals but in governing such a vast land they, too, became consumed by the tyrannic paranoia that plagued their forebears.
From Economist ● Aug. 18, 2016
The U.S. general in charge of the case admits Cargill's difficulties; but, somewhat like Captain Vere in Melville's Billy Budd, he sets law. however tyrannic, above lawbreaking, however understandable.
From Time Magazine Archive
We are all subject to the tyrannic sway of imagination’s empire.
From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)
As an instance of the early development of the tyrannic tendencies of human nature, it is, in a philosophical point of view, quite unique.
From Rambles Beyond Railways; or, Notes in Cornwall taken A-foot by Collins, Wilkie
What tyrannic mistress dare To one beauty Love confine?
From Thomas Stanley: His Original Lyrics, Complete, In Their Collated Readings of 1647, 1651, 1657. With an Introduction, Textual Notes, A List of Editions, An Appendis of Translation, and a Portrait. by Stanley, Thomas
