with an iron hand
Example Sentences
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Critics say he has ruled with an iron hand since he seized control and having gone back on pledges to step down, he is the only president most Ugandans have known.
From BBC • Jan. 9, 2026
Tribal leader Wilson “sometimes ruled with an iron hand, but sometimes on Pine Ridge that was necessary.”
From Seattle Times • Feb. 26, 2023
Since 1969, Muammar al-Qaddafi ruled the North African country of Libya with an iron hand.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2016
Ever since, Greenberg has been on a mission to restore his reputation and regain control of the company that he had ruled over with an iron hand for 37 years.
From Washington Post • Jun. 5, 2015
Marian remembered her grandmother Isabella as an imposing woman, tall and imperious, who ruled her family with an iron hand.
From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman
