How to Use tyranny in a Sentence

tyranny

noun
  • The refugees were fleeing tyranny.
  • The king sought an absolute tyranny over the colonies.
  • He was dedicated to ending the tyranny of slavery.
  • She felt lost in the bureaucratic tyrannies of the university system.
  • There’s the tyranny of clean and, atop that, the specter of reproach.
    Washington Post, 7 Feb. 2021
  • The unchecked mobs of the 1930’s were tools used to produce tyranny.
    Jan Goldsmith, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Oct. 2020
  • There, of course, the Pharaoh represented the tyranny of the British.
    Steve Larkin, The Week, 22 Mar. 2022
  • Drew must fight to abolish the tyranny of the Lion lords and reclaim the throne.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 16 Sep. 2024
  • And some of them believe that the only way to fight tyranny is with force.
    Michael Harriot, The Root, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Yet there is today a very real threat of a tyranny in the vein of James.
    Andrew Cockburn, Harper's Magazine, 20 Aug. 2024
  • That is not tyranny; that is a fair measure of the will of the citizens.
    Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 18 Sep. 2024
  • This mode will also free Ford from the tyranny of gas prices.
    Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 20 May 2021
  • When faced with the tyranny of the blank page, people are going to push The Button.
    Ethan Mollick, Fortune, 18 Apr. 2024
  • America would stand as one to help end the spread of tyranny.
    Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Someone had to stand up to the tyranny — to disturb it a little, or a lot.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 12 June 2023
  • President Biden made clear this week at the U.N. that the world should stop Putin’s tyranny.
    ABC News, 25 Sep. 2022
  • The game raises new questions about tyranny in the galaxy—and at home.
    Yussef Cole, Wired, 3 Nov. 2020
  • The tyranny of the touchscreen: Tech in cars by the digits 1986: The year the Buick Rivera, the first car to feature a touchscreen, was released.
    Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 11 May 2023
  • That’s no worse a form of tyranny than rationing water on a lifeboat.
    Sebastian Junger, WSJ, 13 May 2021
  • In addition, the CIO must battle against the tyranny of the urgent.
    Peter Bendor-Samuel, Forbes, 21 June 2022
  • The world needs them, and not even all of them—just a select 53 percent willing to stand up to tyranny.
    Stephen A. Crockett Jr., The Root, 13 Feb. 2018
  • They are trapped in poverty by their culture, which is a form of tyranny.
    Wanjiru Njoya, Orange County Register, 13 Feb. 2024
  • The days of tyranny of the minority are coming to an end.
    WSJ, 21 Oct. 2020
  • Tyranny right now is in the schools and tyranny is in the medical business.
    Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 16 Sep. 2021
  • There might not be so much pressure, or the tyranny of desire.
    Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 31 Jan. 2022
  • Throwing off the shackles of tyranny often ends in new forms of bondage.
    William A. Galston, WSJ, 30 Mar. 2021
  • The tyranny especially of the district court bench has to end.
    Fox News, 25 Apr. 2018
  • So, here is the frontline–the tyranny, which has no lack of cruelty–against the lives of free people.
    Quartz, 22 Dec. 2022
  • At this gathering, no one cares whether the tyranny is red or black.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 15 Oct. 2021
  • Despite the sheer size and power of the crown at the time, these young men led a revolt against tyranny by standing up for the rights of their fellow man.
    Sam Kmack, The Arizona Republic, 9 July 2024

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