tyrannical

Example Sentences

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Shortly after Museveni took power in 1986, ending years of bloodshed and chaos under tyrannical rulers, the young president mused that leaders overstaying their welcome lay at the heart of Africa's problems.

From Barron's • Jan. 17, 2026

Scipio didn’t pave the way for the tyrannical Caesars who were to come; he represents what they might have been.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 16, 2025

And having lived under the conditions of a tyrannical government, the authors of the Bill of Rights understood the primacy of free speech.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 26, 2025

In a tyrannical system, the accused’s guilt is determined by their being accused in the first place.

From Salon • Apr. 16, 2025

But I’d thought it was a small conflict, like the Boston Massacre, which Dad talked about a lot, in which half a dozen people had been martyred by a tyrannical government.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover