The new manager was fired when he proved to be a harsh tyrant. From LearnThat.org.
The destruction of Eglon the tyrant is the deliverance of oppressed Israel from the Moabites. From Wordnik.com. [Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)] Reference
The haughty tyrant is gone, the loving father is come. From Wordnik.com. [The Uniter and Liberator of America] Reference
Its time this spend and tax tyrant is removed from office. From Wordnik.com. [Obama makes health care remarks] Reference
Petulant little tyrant is a piece of thoughtful invective. From Wordnik.com. [Attack dog] Reference
But the word tyrant had taken on a negative tone before 1887. From Wordnik.com. [podictionary - for word lovers - dictionary etymology, trivia & history] Reference
The word tyrant, is another example -- formerly it implied merely a. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus] Reference
Calling for the hanging of a liberal tyrant is patriotic not criminal. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: February 18, 2010] Reference
Perhaps the pain of getting rid of the tyrant is worth the suffering implicit. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Right Wing Mounts Witch Hunt To Smear TSA Nominee With Flailing, Off-Target Attacks] Reference
Whether you call your tyrant king or protector, minister or president, matters nothing. From Wordnik.com. [London Pride Or When the World Was Younger] Reference
The best chance we have to stop this wanna-be-tyrant is an absolute blow-out in November. From Wordnik.com. [President Obama concedes loss of House in 2010. | RedState] Reference
Despite Saddam's extensive wealth and power, then, the life of the tyrant is hardly enviable. From Wordnik.com. [It's Not Easy Being Mean] Reference
Why doesn't he just hire Blackwater to protect him ... mercenaries protecting a tyrant is fitting. From Wordnik.com. [Cheney's Secret Service protection extended] Reference
The man – and I call him a man in the loosest way, maybe tyrant is more like it – is totally insane. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Bolton: Either Iran Gets Nukes Or ‘Israel Or Somebody Else Uses Military Force To Stop It’] Reference
You DO realize that a liberal tyrant is an oxymoron; while you, on the other hand, are just a ‘MORAN’. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » ThinkFast: February 18, 2010] Reference
Our hatred for the tyrant is lost in pity for the man; nor can we blame his pusillanimous resignation, since a. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
And to call him a tyrant is contradictory and wrong – he assumed power by a constitutionally-safe process. matt. From Wordnik.com. [Republican senator won't meet with Sotomayor] Reference
I am he from whom no tyrant is at rest, nor can any man escape from my grasp: I am the Destroyer of delights and the. From Wordnik.com. [The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night] Reference
The worship of a mad tyrant is the basis of a subtle metaphysical creed, and of a severe, and even ascetic, morality. —. From Wordnik.com. [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire] Reference
To imply, then, that I am a power -/money -/land-hungry tyrant is inexcusable and nothing could be further from the truth. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Administration v. Environmental Groups] Reference
A tyrant is a special word in the political vocabulary that can be applied very aptly to someone like Stalin, for example. From Wordnik.com. [Parsing Putin] Reference
Strangely, she does not mention the prototypical Latin American tyrant, Paraguay's founder Jose Gaspar Rodriguez de Francia. From Wordnik.com. [The Eliza Lynch Story] Reference
I suppose the only mistake they made was not paying enough attention to Caesar – the position of tyrant is extremely dangerous. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Our Strange Constitution] Reference
Shouldn't the rest of us be calling a tyrant a tyrant?. From Wordnik.com. [John Seery: Tyranny?] Reference
My grandfather has been called a tyrant by some of his children. From Wordnik.com. [Elisabeth Badinter.] Reference
To escape from the dominion of the tyrant is the duty of a wise man. From Wordnik.com. [Milton] Reference
And is not this the reason why of old love has been called a tyrant?. From Wordnik.com. [The Republic] Reference
And is not this the reason why, of old, love has been called a tyrant?. From Wordnik.com. [The Republic of Plato] Reference
MALVEAUX: That so-called tyrant was captured nearly seven months later. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 28, 2007] Reference
The harsh treatment which Plato received from the tyrant was a salutary warning to. From Wordnik.com. [Ancient States and Empires] Reference
A tyrant is a tyrant, whether he's a king or a block-voting majority of dependents. From Wordnik.com. Reference
The tyrant was their adversary and the world and the life of man were the spectators. From Wordnik.com. [Our Man In Heaven: An Exposition of the Epistle to the Hebrews] Reference
I remain one of those who hold the view that taking out a tyrant was a worthwhile endeavour. From Wordnik.com. [Libertarian Blog Place] Reference
Such a tyrant is the teacher, who aspires to win the affection of his victims by means of moral exhortations. From Wordnik.com. [Spontaneous Activity in Education] Reference
His father was a tyrant. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
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