Example Sentences

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"But he's not so much of a villain as that, for all his dictatorialness and his insulting treatment of me."

From Crestlands A Centennial Story of Cane Ridge by Bayne, Mary Addams

I have known just the consciousness of silk stockings, worn by one accustomed only to wool, produce dictatorialness where all before had been submission.

From In the Mountains by Arnim, Elizabeth von

"Money has been offered me and—Read! read!" he urged, with an unconscious dictatorialness, as Oswald paused in his task.

From Initials Only by Green, Anna Katharine

The same dictatorialness and sharp tongue; the same thinly-veiled insolence to Duncan; the same swift smiles from his entrancing lips—thank Heaven undisfigured by any moustache—to myself; the same unalterable gentleness to Janet.

From The Argosy Vol. 51, No. 5, May, 1891 by Wood, Charles W.