How to Use dictator in a Sentence

dictator

noun
  • The country was ruled by a military dictator.
  • Overt disrespect for the dictator and his decrees was once enforceable.
    Mary Anastasia O’Grady, WSJ, 14 Aug. 2022
  • The Yiddish poets and writers whom the dictator ordered shot in the basement of the Lubyanka prison.
    Gal Beckerman, The Atlantic, 12 Aug. 2022
  • Southern boarder, and now northern border with the current dictator in Canada!
    Anchorage Daily News, 5 Aug. 2022
  • When financial repression fails, dictators turn to the second tactic – arrests, often followed by torture.
    Bradley Rettler, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Oil corrupts politics, empowers dictators, and erodes democracy, making wars more common.
    Vanessa Nakate, TIME, 22 Sep. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • In other words, in this book about tyranny, Tolkien was loath to act like a dictator by telling his readers what to think.
    John Garth, Smithsonian Magazine, 9 Sep. 2022
  • There are some soldiers super loyal to the dictator who might serve in the Russian army.
    Anna Nemtsova, The Atlantic, 8 Jan. 2023
  • The rule of law rather than the rule of Man (referring to kings and dictators) was the path chosen and defended, until now.
    Dean Minnich, Baltimore Sun, 14 Apr. 2024
  • One of his first and most daunting tasks, Mr. Cupi said, was to somehow get rid of a 22-ton marble statue of the dictator in the main hall.
    Andrew Higgins, New York Times, 19 Feb. 2023
  • Once a dictator controls the levers of power, there will be no way for democracy to come back.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2024
  • Czech dictator Klement Gottwald stands alone in a small grove, the blood-red paint still as fresh on his hands as if daubed on yesterday.
    Christopher Helman, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Alexander Lukashenko is still a dictator for life, while latched firmly to Vladimir Putin and Russia.
    Brynn Tannehill, The New Republic, 28 July 2023
  • The song’s lyrics called on the religious saints to embrace feminism and to drive the Russian dictator away from their lives.
    Steve Appleford, SPIN, 23 Aug. 2022

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