tyrannous
adjective
Example Sentences
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The Saxon was as good as his word; and after an early dinner, at which I tyrannously curtailed my friend of his usual allowance of liquor, we made our way to the Jonesian habitation.
From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 57, No. 355, May 1845 by Various
It seemed as if her gentleness, her patience, were converted into their opposites, which now ruled her tyrannously.
From Thyrza by George Gissing
P: In truth thy Lord destroyed not the townships tyrannously while their folk were doing right.
From Three Translations of The Koran (Al-Qur'an) side by side by Abdullah Yusuf Ali
Men of genius and men devoted to some great cause which tyrannously absorbs attention, want some person to fill such a homely office.
From The Expositor's Bible: Colossians and Philemon by Alexander Maclaren
His deed was reacting upon him—was already governing him tyrannously and forcing him into a course that jarred with his habitual feelings.
From Adam Bede by George Eliot
