tyrannise
- a variation of tyrannize.
Example Sentences
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“I certainly never had any musical standard to tyrannise me,” he once said.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 11, 2016
You could, if you wished, find another occupation, so that you would no longer have to tyrannise over men.
From Modern Saints and Seers by Marrett, Evan
You have a perfect right to forbid them to enter your school except on certain conditions, but not to tyrannise over them when there.
From The Carbonels by Stacey, W. S. (Walter S.)
He taught him to ride and to shoot, and to tyrannise over his six maiden aunts, who all took a hand in bringing him up.
From The Squire's Daughter Being the First Book in the Chronicles of the Clintons by Marshall, Archibald
Don’t let any interested parties lead you to believe that we either do or wish to tyrannise.
From St. Winifred's, or The World of School by Earnshaw, H. C. (Harold C.)
