How to Use dictator in a Sentence

dictator

noun

• The country was ruled by a military dictator.
• Sending our dictator and his regime billions of dollars is not in our best interest.
  — Hossein Ronaghi, WSJ, 17 May 2022
• The dictator’s immersion in military history seems to have served him well.
  — Joseph Stalin, BostonGlobe.com, 26 May 2022
• Even that country’s socialist dictator, Nicolás Maduro, was obliged to loosen the price controls.
  — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 16 May 2022
• Yet, once again, a dictator in Moscow has replaced progress with devastation.
  — The New Yorker, 23 May 2022
• All of which has raised the question of why Kirill has so thoroughly aligned himself with Russia’s dictator.
  — New York Times, 21 May 2022
• Throughout his presidency, Trump fawned over such dictators.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
• Iraq's dictator, Saddam Hussein, was deposed but no weapons were found, and the war officially lasted for nearly a decade.
  — Libby Cathey, ABC News, 19 May 2022
• Somalia began to fall apart in 1991 when warlords ousted dictator Siad Barre and then turned on each other.
  — Ben Fox and Aamer Madhani, USA TODAY, 16 May 2022
• But to chortle with a murderous, anti-American dictator over a former vice president . .
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 5 Nov. 2024
• So with a vote share that would make a dictator grin (99.2 percent), John Lee became the fifth person selected to lead the city in the postcolonial era.
  — Timothy McLaughlin, The Atlantic, 25 May 2022
• The son of former dictator Ferdinand Marcos became president by landslide.
  — Los Angeles Times, 1 June 2022
• Who is clever and cunning and evil enough to take out the dictator of the Kang Dynasty?
  — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Feb. 2023
• The Libyan dictator was ousted and killed by rebel forces in 2011.
  — Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 18 Nov. 2022
• This 'dictator on Day 1' hoax has done a number on the Democrats.
  — Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
• Kim is, by all accounts, one of the most brutal dictators in the world.
  — Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
• An ashen corpse drops to the ground, and the dictator moves on with ease, ready to discuss war tactics with his men.
  — Selome Hailu, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
• Yes to Ukraine, as the US needs to protect countries from dictators like Putin.
  — Eleanor Dearman, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Feb. 2024
• The only fat person in the country may be the dictator.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 June 2024
• The mission to capture the capital and topple the Iraqi dictator hung in the balance.
  — William Branigin, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
• The end result is the same, which is good for strong men, which is good for dictators, which is good for people who don’t want to know the truth.
  — Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Sep. 2024
• The great thing about America is here kings and dictators do not rule.
  — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 25 July 2024
• The great thing about America is here, kings and dictators do not rule, the people do.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 25 July 2024
• When a power-drunk ape goes bananas and starts acting more and more like a dictator, a young ape emerges on the scene.
  — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
• The trains used by Kim are said to have 10 to 15 carriages, many of which are designed only for use by the dictator himself.
  — Michael Lee, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2023
• So is Alexander Lukashenko, the dictator over in Belarus.
  — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 28 Aug. 2023
• Our freedoms cannot be yielded to a dictator, not even for one day; that day could last a very, very long time.
  — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
• The previous year, the Nazi dictator’s armies conquered Poland, and in the spring of 1940 forced France to surrender.
  — Ron Grossman, Chicago Tribune, 29 Sep. 2024
• By Valerie Trapp What is the correct distance from which to film a dictator?
  — Valerie Trapp, The Atlantic, 9 Mar. 2024
• Trump, who has praised the Russian dictator and refused to vocally support Ukraine, would sooner hop on a three-way phone call with Musk and Putin.
  — Marina Koren, The Atlantic, 5 Nov. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Dec 2024