How to Use dominion in a Sentence

dominion

noun

• The countries fought for dominion of the territory.
• The U.S. has dominion over the island.
• The glory of the book lies in her dominion over her own hours.
  — Claire Dederer, The Atlantic, 4 May 2021
• For the sake of goodness and love, man shall grant death no dominion over his thoughts.
  — David Treuer, The New York Review of Books, 6 July 2020
• To trap something with purpose in the cage of emblems is to tame it, to hold dominion over it.
  — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 6 Oct. 2022
• There would be oaths to the king and a kind of dominion status like that of Canada or New Zealand.
  — Michael Brendan Dougherty, National Review, 11 Mar. 2022
• For thousands of years now, mammals have held dominion over the land.
  — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 28 June 2023
• Could this be the beginning of the end of meat — or at least red meat, with its aura of dominion and glory?
  — New York Times, 3 Mar. 2022
• At the very least, the righthander is the latest symbol of New York's dominion over Minnesota.
  — Steve Rushin, SI.com, 20 Sep. 2019
• The big question: who should have dominion over these Golcondas of the seas?
  — Chad Lewis, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Jan. 2020
• Most ant queens hold dominion over a large colony of workers, who forage for food, guard their home and tend to her majesty’s eggs.
  — Katherine J. Wu, Smithsonian, 16 Dec. 2019
• The things fathers pass on to their sons extend far beyond the dominion of the Y chromosome.
  — New York Times, 16 June 2018
• Upper air is the domain of F-35s and spy planes, while lower air is the dominion of helicopters and drones.
  — Matt Canham, The Salt Lake Tribune, 16 May 2021
• It is girded with jewels and topped with a jeweled cross to show Jesus’ dominion over the world.
  — Patt Morrison, Los Angeles Times, 3 May 2023
• In 1907, New Zealand went from being a colony to a dominion within the British Empire.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Sep. 2019
• Near the turn of the century, the messianic Ghost Dance spread rapidly among the tribes of the West, prophesying the return of the dead and the end of settler dominion.
  — New York Times, 15 Sep. 2021
• The ultimate truth is that no claim should achieve dominion over all others.
  — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2019
• Set a better stage in which to gain dominion over our emotional states.
  — Alex Wagner, SPIN, 1 Sep. 2022
• Regalia to be deployed, such as the orb, are not just symbols of the monarch, but display a cross that sits atop the earth, signaling Christ’s dominion.
  — William Booth, Washington Post, 29 Apr. 2023
• The Wolves are a paramilitary group that overwhelmed the army soon after the outbreak and now hold dominion over some parts of Seattle.
  — Benjamin Levin, CNN Underscored, 15 June 2020
• The Hint: In the language of the Romans, something like together-dominion, but shortened.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 26 Dec. 2022
• The revolution, in other words, lay at the feet of one thing alone: a would-be permanent dominion of slavers and their enslaved.
  — Casey Michel, The New Republic, 12 Mar. 2021
• Boosting Gretel’s age puts her on the cusp of womanhood and gives her dominion over her younger brother.
  — Mark Kennedy, Houston Chronicle, 31 Jan. 2020
• He’s been exiled to the Quantum Realm, a subatomic dominion of swirling purple clouds and strange gooey creatures.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2023
• Sure, the Roman Empire boasted a dominion that stretched across the entire Mediterranean basin and far beyond.
  — Leo Sands, Washington Post, 14 Sep. 2023
• Published during the depths of the Great Depression, in it, Leopold asked his readers to mull the purpose of humans’ dominion over nature.
  — Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 17 Sep. 2020
• For them, Mugabe’s victory marked the end of nine decades of privilege and dominion, dating back to the arrival of Cecil Rhodes and the British pioneers in the 1890s.
  — Lily Rothman, Time, 6 Sep. 2019
• But Charles would die in 1558, and Philip was in line to inherit most of the territory under his father’s dominion.
  — Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2021
• Those factors can create the perfect storm for new virus spread, more lives lost and extending the duration of covid-19's dominion over our lives.
  — Arkansas Online, 26 Nov. 2020
• This watery part of the world reminds you, constantly, that nature holds dominion here.
  — Washington Post, 18 Oct. 2019

Last Updated: 28 May 2024