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Example sentences for "tyrannized"

Lexicographically close words:
tyrannise; tyrannised; tyrannises; tyrannising; tyrannize; tyrannizing; tyrannous; tyrannum; tyrannus; tyranny
  1. Had I tyrannized over them, they would not have tyrannized over me as they have done.

  2. Of course, Demi tyrannized over Daisy, and gallantly defended her from every other aggressor; while Daisy made a galley-slave of herself, and adored her brother as the one perfect being in the world.

  3. Of course the children tyrannized over her, and ruled the house as soon as they found out that kicking and squalling brought them whatever they wanted.

  4. Let us see what History says: uprisings and revolutions have always occurred in countries tyrannized over, in countries where human thought and the human heart have been forced to remain silent.

  5. If the great Napoleon had not tyrannized over the press, perhaps it would have warned him of the peril into which he was hurled and have made him understand that the people were weary and the earth wanted peace.

  6. How John Tyrannized Over The Rest; And What Mischiefs The Zealots Did At Masada.

  7. Sam Axworthy hated and tyrannized over him too much to make dissipation alluring; and he was only disgusted by the foul language, coarse manners, and the remains of intemperance worked on in violent temper.

  8. Thus, within, John of Gischala and his followers tyrannized over the people, murdering and plundering till they were sated with blood, and knew not what to do with their booty; while Simon cut off all flight beyond its walls.

  9. She was fond of Aunt Chatty--a meek soul, born to be tyrannized over, and tyrannized over, from her very cradle.

  10. In this oration of Sentius Saturninus, we may see the great value virtuous men put upon public liberty, and the sad misery they underwent, while they were tyrannized over by such emperors as Caius.

  11. Many a pretty little plant have those green vines tyrannized over!

  12. But we deny, that hereby we are bound either to maintain monarchy, especially thus perverted; nor to own the authority of either of the two monarchs that have monarchized or tyrannized over us these twenty-seven years past.

  13. She never liked to come back to the house after she had left it, or to face the landlady who had tyrannized over her when ill-humoured and unpaid, or when pleased had treated her with a coarse familiarity scarcely less odious.

  14. He was a man to have married a woman out of low life and bullied her dreadfully afterwards; but no person presented herself suitable to his taste, and, instead, he tyrannized over his unmarried daughter, at home.

  15. The Zambales Indians tyrannized over it, and no boats could touch there without danger of their lives.

  16. That fort having been assured against the power and empire of the devil, the door was opened wider for passage inside, and the tyrannized souls of the Indians of Zambàles were gained.

  17. They procured their conversion through the chiefs, who by their superiority tyrannized over their dependents.

  18. A people tyrannized over is forced to be hypocritical; a people denied the truth must resort to lies; and he who makes himself a tyrant breeds slaves.

  19. The fault lies partly with those who have taught them to be hypocrites, with those who have tyrannized over freedom of thought and freedom of speech.

  20. He believes that the freedmen will be protected without it; I believe he will be tyrannized over, abused, and virtually reënslaved, without some legislation by the nation for his protection.

  21. What will be said of us, not by Christian, but by heathen nations even, if, after accepting the blood and sacrifices of these men, we hurl them from us and allow them to be the victims of those who have tyrannized over them for centuries?

  22. In this way the conquered provinces were oppressed and tyrannized over by the yoke of servitude.

  23. Viracocha Inca was he who had made the most extensive conquests beyond Cuzco and, as we may say, he tyrannized anew even as regards Cuzco, as has been said above.

  24. When he arrived at the valley of Cuzco he not only tyrannized over the natives, but also over Copalimayta and Columchima who, though they had been received as natives of that valley were his relations, for they were orejones.

  25. It is bad enough to be tyrannized over by an officer, but to be tyrannized over by an officer's stool-pigeon must be almost unendurable.

  26. We have the historic example of "divine right" which tyrannized over the world for many centuries.

  27. He murdered an empress, tyrannized over the Chinese, and outshone the emperor in his apparel and equipages, as if he were a Wolsey or a Buckingham.

  28. They tyrannized over the Chinese subject to their sway, and they employed all their resources in driving away other Europeans from what they chose to consider their special commercial preserves.


  29. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "tyrannized" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    downtrodden; henpecked; oppressed; servile; slavish; submissive