| It is the impending judgment of the tyrannous rich that is primarily in his mind. |
| On the other hand, the State which does not feel itself to be the servant of one supreme unity is always afraid of being regarded as tyrannous. |
| The aftermath risks marring the coming-out celebrations of Myanmar's hugely welcome rejection of tyrannous isolation. |
| This is the sin of the usurer, the bodger, and the tyrannous landlord, and of this bad trinity the last is the worst. |
| Philip writhed under that despotism which never vouchsafed a reason for the most tyrannous act. |
| Bute never knew, or at least never acknowledged, how far her own tyrannous behaviour had tended to ruin her husband. |
