How to Use dictator in a Sentence

dictator

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  • The country was ruled by a military dictator.
  • No dictator wants to end their rule with a bayonet up the backside.
    — Sam Kiley, CNN, 30 June 2022
  • This has brought him as much insight into the dictator’s mind as any Western leader in power has today.
    — Adam O’Neal, WSJ, 12 June 2022
  • And, and looking at what happened with a clear view that this was a plot to throw out the votes of Americans and install basically a dictator.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 10 June 2022
  • Venezuelan dictator Nicolas Maduro was quick to congratulate Petro and his running mate.
    — Fox News, 20 June 2022
  • But, in telling this story, the committee made Pence out to be a hero, a kind of last man standing between a near-dictator and American democracy.
    — Jill Filipovic, CNN, 16 June 2022
  • Putin is yet another dictator who is redrawing international borders by force.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 13 July 2022
  • Economic stagnation, corruption and a lack of decent jobs in Tunisia helped ignite the uprising that topped Tunisia’s dictator more than a decade ago.
    — New York Times, 16 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
  • 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

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