tyrannized

Example Sentences

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We’re tyrannized by what’s true but also protected by it.

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2022

As the Taliban shift from insurgency to governance, one key test will be whether they act to protect minority groups that their fighters once tyrannized, such as the Shiite Hazaras.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 11, 2021

“Lots of companies have been tyrannized by an overly powerful CEO,” said John Coffee, director of the Center on Corporate Governance at Columbia Law School.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2018

"If anything, he will get a lot more sympathy as someone who has been tyrannized," the user said.

From Reuters • Nov. 29, 2016

Esther was a Frenchwoman, who had lived with ‘Madame’, as she called her mistress, for many years, and who rather tyrannized over the old lady, who could not get along without her.

From "Little Women" by Louisa May Alcott