How to Use dictator in a Sentence

dictator

noun

• The country was ruled by a military dictator.
• Trump’s critics often accuse him of being or aspiring to be a strongman, or an autocrat, or even a fascist dictator.
  — Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
• Its indictments against incumbent dictators such as Russia’s Vladimir Putin have been laughed off.
  — Eugene Kontorovich, The Atlantic, 27 Nov. 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
• 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
• This is one of the costs of nuclear fear: depending on a dictator to keep your lights on.
  — Washington Post, 28 Apr. 2022
• No dictator wants to end their rule with a bayonet up the backside.
  — Sam Kiley, CNN, 30 June 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
• 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

Last Updated: 18 Dec 2024