DICTATOR in a Sentence

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89 example sentences for DICTATOR, such as:
1. The teacher dictated to the whole class.
2. She won't allow herself to be dictated to.
3. The teacher dictated a passage to the class.
4. Dealing with this dictator wasn't an option.
5. Whereupon the dictator ordered him to prison.
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Animal Farm by George Orwell
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 Meanings and Examples of DICTATOR
dictator
 n.  a speaker who dictates to a secretary or a recording machine
 n.  a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
Classic Sentence: (58 in 4 pages)
1  And more particularly they accused the dictator himself.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER V.
2  But this displeasing the senate, and the matter appearing to them grave and dangerous, they appointed a dictator to inquire into it, and to restrain the attacks of Manlius.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VIII.
3  Whereupon the dictator ordered him to prison.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER VIII.
4  Whereupon the Romans, resorting to a method usual with them in seasons of peril, appointed a dictator; that is, gave power to one man to decide without advice, and carry out his resolves without appeal.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXIII.
5  In the second place, the dictator was not created for life, but for a fixed term, and only to meet the emergency for which he was appointed.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXIV.
6  To sum up, therefore, I say that those republics which cannot in sudden emergencies resort either to a dictator or to some similar authority, will, when the danger is serious, always be undone.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXIV.
7  Nevertheless, in the later days of the republic the Romans were wont to entrust this power to a consul instead of to a dictator, using the formula, Videat CONSUL ne quid respublica detrimenti capiat.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXIV.
8  For when a dictator was appointed there still remained the tribunes, the consuls, and the senate, all of them invested with authority of which the dictator could not deprive them.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XXXV
9  His army being thereby endangered, the senate judged it expedient to send Papirius Cursor as dictator to supply his place.
Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius By Niccolo Machiavelli
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER XLVII.
10  Yes, their supreme lord and dictator was there, though hitherto unseen by any eyes not permitted to penetrate into the now sacred retreat of the cabin.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 28. Ahab.
11  Despot but dictator; a despot resulting from a republic and summing up a revolution.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: CHAPTER VI—THE CONSEQUENCES OF HAVING MET A WARDEN
12  de Villefort insignificant, or else dictated by venal ambition, These words were an allusion to the sentiments which the minister of police had uttered with so much confidence an hour before.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11. The Corsican Ogre.
13  Villefort dictated a petition, in which, from an excellent intention, no doubt, Dantes' patriotic services were exaggerated, and he was made out one of the most active agents of Napoleon's return.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 13. The Hundred Days.
14  Villefort shuddered and looked at Monte Cristo as if he wished to read in his countenance the real feelings which had dictated the words he had just uttered.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 60. The Telegraph.
15  I hope the world will not call me cowardly for acting as my conscience dictated.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 90. The Meeting.
Example Sentence: (31 in 3 pages)
1  We must frustrate this dictator's plan to seize control of the government.
2  Upon the demise of the dictator, a bitter dispute about succession to power developed.
3  The dictator decreed that his birthday would be a public holiday.
4  His fulsome praise of the dictator revolted his listeners.
5  As soon as he learned of its existence, the dictator ordered the execution of all of the members of the junta.
6  There was nobody strong enough to lead an effective countervailing force against the dictator.
7  The former dictator still keeps a tight grip on power.
8  For years now, the people have been oppressed by a ruthless dictator.
9  Dealing with this dictator wasn't an option.
10  In arming the dictator, the US was creating a Frankenstein who would threaten their influence in the region.
11  She won't allow herself to be dictated to.
12  The teacher dictated a passage to the class.
13  The teacher dictated to the whole class.
14  The approach to development is dictated by paperwork requirements as opposed to the needs and opportunities which actually exist.
15  Federal funds have to be used as dictated by Washington.