domineer
verb (used with or without object)
to rule arbitrarily or despotically; tyrannize.
is domineering
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present progressiveof domineer (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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As portrayed by Pat Carroll in this one-woman show at Greenwich Village's Circle Repertory, Gertrude is domineering, boastful and vain.
From Time Magazine Archive
It would be interesting to know to just what extent this man is domineering the throne of Britain and the three women that make up the royal family.
From Time Magazine Archive
Anyway, I like him, and I hate Arthur Carrollton, who I know is domineering, and would try to make me mind.
From Maggie Miller by Mary Jane Holmes
It is true there is something peculiar about him, and that he is domineering and arrogant: that he showed early enough.
From Vagaries by Axel Munthe
