Example Sentences

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The fathers are domineering and orthodox; the sons take their privilege for granted as knowledge seekers of society.

From BBC • Jul. 20, 2016

If Doyle believes that an acquiescent wife is the key to happiness, I suspect she assumes that husbands are domineering and want to control their wives.

From Time Magazine Archive

On the other hand, many fathers are domineering in their determination that their sons shall follow the same vocation in which they made their success.

From Analyzing Character by Blackford, Katherine M. H.

No offence, brother-in-law, we will not quarrel over the matter, and neither has a right to reproach the other, for if I am obstinate you are domineering.

From The Alpine Fay A Romance by Elisabeth Buerstenbinder (AKA E. Werner)