tyrannize

Example Sentences

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But if you've ever felt tyrannized by the rigidity of following a recipe in the past, I hope these make-do days of late have shaken you free.

From Salon

“Many powerful companies that drive environmental injustice are also backers of the same police departments that tyrannize the very communities these corporate actors pollute,” it states.

From The Guardian

“General Secretary Xi is not destined to tyrannize inside and outside of China forever unless we allow it,” he added, referring to Xi Jinping, China’s leader.

From New York Times

“We will not be tyrannized, we will not be demeaned, and we will not be intimidated by bad, evil people,” Mr. Trump said, referring to his political opponents and their supporters.

From New York Times

“I have been arrested for four times by Hamas, I have been tyrannized in their jails,” he said.

From Washington Times