How to Use dominion in a Sentence

dominion

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  • 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 people of Gaza are desperately ready for a change, and eager to end the dominion of both Israel and Hamas over their lives.
    — Ahmed Fouad Alkhatib, The Atlantic, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The ultimate truth is that no claim should achieve dominion over all others.
    — Alex Ross, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2019
  • And perhaps, in the future, more of those memorials should be placed in space—the dominion these astronauts worked to reach.
    — National Geographic, 27 Jan. 2016
  • And perhaps, in the future, more of those memorials should be placed in space—the dominion these astronauts worked to reach.
    — National Geographic, 27 Jan. 2016
  • 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
  • Near the end of the age of dinosaurs, hulking lizards such as Tyrannosaurus rex ruled the Earth, while immense flying reptiles known as pterosaurs held dominion over the skies.
    — Mark Witton, National Geographic, 30 Aug. 2016
  • 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
  • Tied to that discovery was the amazing theory that, after humankind, rats or ants would take over the dominion of the world.
    — Longreads, 22 May 2017
  • 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
  • Our nation does not accept the notion that one class of people holds dominion over any other class of people.
    — John Yoo, National Review, 23 June 2024
  • The older, more dominant male groundhogs tend to be territorial – aggressively lording over their dominions while the younger ones are left to be nomadic.
    — Eric Lagatta, USA TODAY, 1 Feb. 2024

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