domineer
verb (used with or without object)
to rule arbitrarily or despotically; tyrannize.
had been domineering
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past perfect progressiveof domineer.past perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that was ongoing continuously in the past up until another past event interrupted it.
Example Sentences
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Randolph Schuyler had been unfaithful, he had been domineering and tyrannical, and I knew he had not allowed his wife to have the comforts and luxuries she desired, although he was enormously wealthy.
From Vicky Van by Carolyn Wells
