Example Sentences

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Covering not just movies and television but also theater and cabaret, Reed, a Southerner who seemed as much a part of Manhattan as the skyline, lorded over the arts with a homogenizing mainstream peremptoriness.

From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026

Nature had claimed him at last, and the lateness of her call had only increased the force and peremptoriness of her demands.

From The Way of the Strong by Cullum, Ridgwell

Rachel begged and protested with a sharp peremptoriness that was very unusual to her.

From A Mere Chance, Vol. 3 of 3 A Novel by Cambridge, Ada

Now listen to me," he said gently, but with his grave peremptoriness, "you must not let another day pass without breaking off with him.

From A Mere Chance, Vol. 2 of 3 A Novel by Cambridge, Ada

Only when by signs I could make clear what I wanted could I do anything with him; then I could sometimes put enough peremptoriness in my voice to bring him to heel.

From A Wayfarer in China Impressions of a trip across West China and Mongolia by Kendall, Elizabeth Kimball