tyrants
- plural of tyrant.
Example Sentences
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And it set up the Era of the Thirty Tyrants, a brief rule of oligarchs in Athens.
From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023
Tyrants know well the power of culture to move people.
From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2020
Tyrants are driven by an insatiable desire to gain and exercise deadly power in order to achieve personal glory.
From Salon • Dec. 1, 2019
Tyrants impose their will by making an example of anyone who stands up to them.
From Slate • May 10, 2019
Tyrants beware, I thought as I put it in my pocket.
From "Chains" by Laurie Halse Anderson
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