domineer
verb (used with or without object)
to rule arbitrarily or despotically; tyrannize.
was domineering
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past progressiveof domineer.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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In overturning Tsarnaev’s death sentence, the panel also said some evidence was improperly withheld that might have indicated Tamerlan was domineering and had radicalized his younger brother.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 4, 2022
Forrest Sr. was domineering and possessed a volcanic temper — in contrast to the more benevolent candy king, Milton Hershey.
From New York Times ● Jul. 27, 2016
Things quickly grew fraught, however: Diski was a sullen and stubborn teen-ager, and Lessing was domineering and insensitive.
From The New Yorker ● Jun. 28, 2016
He was domineering, arrogant and thought he was "untouchable" because of Shelterbox's success, prosecutor Warren Hornsby said.
From BBC ● Sep. 22, 2015
Maria Theresa was beautiful, emotional, and proud; the Great Frederick was domineering, cynical, and always rational.
From A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Carlton J. H. Hayes
