Example Sentences

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Young Haley tyrannically conducts “the boys” in “ ’Master Harold’…and the Boys” to reenact memories of his childhood.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2025

Whether tenderly pursuing a new beau or tyrannically commanding a photoshoot, Smith imbues all of Mapplethorpe’s actions with pathos and intricacy.

From Slate • May 7, 2018

In November Mr Morales gave Bolivia’s highest honour to Teodoro Obiang, who has ruled Equatorial Guinea tyrannically for 38 years.

From Economist • Dec. 1, 2017

In the images that result, you get the sense that, like those working men and models, they were simply another set of specimens for his tyrannically democratic photographic vision.

From The Guardian • Jul. 6, 2010

Yes, with round-eyed astonishment, I saw that this almost tyrannically high-handed ruler had someone to placate—someone to deceive.

From Life on the Stage by Morris, Clara