Example Sentences

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"Well done Australia. Dominated every game pretty much. A fitting result. They kept the foot on the throat."

From Barron's • Jan. 8, 2026

Dominated the game, got a bit lucky with the goal but that's not his problem.

From BBC • Nov. 9, 2025

Dominated by Modernists like Walter Gropius and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, that convention focused on industrial materials, clean lines and a singular approach.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 6, 2025

Dominated by Tesco and challenged by German discounters Aldi and Lidl, Britain's supermarket sector has been marked by fierce competition and low margins for decades.

From Reuters • Apr. 11, 2023

Dominated by nine high-walled imperial palace-tombs and five cathedral-like ceremonial complexes, the city was both exemplary in its grandeur and oddly empty, because its streets were restricted to the elite.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann