How do you use Domineering in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like authoritarian or cavalier, plus the exact meaning.
Domineering in a sentence
Domineering meaning
present participle and gerund of domineer
Synonyms of Domineering
Using Domineering
- The main meaning on this page is: present participle and gerund of domineer
- Useful related words include: authoritarian, heavy-handed, high-handed, cavalier.
- In the example corpus, domineering often appears in combinations such as: domineering and, the domineering, as domineering.
Context around Domineering
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 9 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Domineering
- In this selection, "domineering" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 22.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, mutually, territorial, worse, alpha, market and parents stand out and add context to how "domineering" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a controlling domineering person and and a domineering brutal single. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "domineering" sits close to words such as aachen, abayomi and abbots, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with domineering
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
A domineering, brutal single father. (5 words)
Douglas Luiz now looks a domineering midfielder. (7 words)
Donald Trump has led as a domineering alpha. (8 words)
Fleeing her own reckless murder spree, a lanky French car model/serial killer who believes she’s been impregnated by a hot rod (yes, a car) poses as the long-lost son of a domineering fire captain in order to evade authorities. (42 words)
The lawyers assisting the inquiry have painted a picture of Mr Packer as a domineering personality who is focused on profit and demands loyalty, exerting control over the public company even after he left the board in 2018. (38 words)
But the indictments that once helped Trump lock down the GOP nomination by firing up his base have become a serious constraint in the general election and thrust the domineering candidate into an unusually humbling position. (36 words)
How closely was Barry Humphries’s least domineering character based on ex–second world war servicemen? (16 words)
Example sentences (20)
At the end of the FUD line, this left Binance in a domineering market position, at nearly 60% market share.
Bernadette and Howard bonded over their mutually domineering parents, and Bernadette was something of a caricature with her signature high-pitched squeaky voice.
Douglas Luiz now looks a domineering midfielder.
Fleeing her own reckless murder spree, a lanky French car model/serial killer who believes she’s been impregnated by a hot rod (yes, a car) poses as the long-lost son of a domineering fire captain in order to evade authorities.
How closely was Barry Humphries’s least domineering character based on ex–second world war servicemen?
On the other hand, agbon is very aggressive, territorial, domineering and controls its space.
A footnote: this guy is now married to one of my mom's very domineering relatives.
But the indictments that once helped Trump lock down the GOP nomination by firing up his base have become a serious constraint in the general election and thrust the domineering candidate into an unusually humbling position.
Carrie White, a shy, friendless teenage girl who is sheltered by her domineering, religious mother, unleashes her telekinetic powers after being humiliated by her classmates at her senior prom.
In the article, Agnew took jab after jab at Daniel Neeleman, Hannah’s husband, painting him as the domineering alpha-male type.
Men always seem to want an easy life — and all the more so if their wives are assertive or (worse) domineering.
Social media, disinformation, the 24-hour news cycle, domineering political trends, and peer pressure on Israel all pose threats to young Jews in America.
The domineering off-side play fetched him 36 runs, a rarity in T20 cricket.
A domineering, brutal single father.
Asian men, on the other hand, are ostracized in dating circles for being too feminine, since America's ideal man is extroverted and physically domineering.
Donald Trump has led as a domineering alpha.
In his speech to the jury Heneghan described the deceased as a “controlling, domineering person” and that the behaviour on the night in question had happened not once but “possibly over a life-time”.
The boys’ father, Fred Trump Snr, is shown as a domineering man who hated weakness and saw apology as a sell-out.
The lawyers assisting the inquiry have painted a picture of Mr Packer as a domineering personality who is focused on profit and demands loyalty, exerting control over the public company even after he left the board in 2018.
As a result, we see on an intellectual level that, for instance, our anxiety may be rooted in a fear of rejection, perfectionistic tendencies, a domineering parent, or a traumatic experience.
Common combinations with domineering
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- domineering and 6×
- the domineering 5×
- as domineering 4×
- of domineering 3×
- her domineering 3×
- and domineering 3×
- his domineering 2×