How to Use dictatorship in a Sentence

dictatorship

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  • The country suffered for many years under his dictatorship.
  • His enemies accused him of establishing a dictatorship.
  • In 1964, the sixth year of the dictatorship, Juanita fled to the United States.
    — Nr Editors, National Review, 15 Dec. 2023
  • That sounds like some tin horn third world dictatorship.
    — ABC News, 8 Jan. 2023
  • Because the dictatorship sees both the anthem and the flag as symbols of the opposition.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 27 Nov. 2023
  • Twenty years later, the grip of the dictatorship remains tight.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 14 Aug. 2023
  • This would mark the first far-right surge in Spain's government since the dictatorship of Francisco Franco in the 1970s.
    — Justin Klawans, The Week, 23 July 2023
  • Her parents came to the U.S. in the 1960s, fleeing the communist dictatorship in Cuba.
    — Tara Kavaler, The Arizona Republic, 24 May 2023
  • The fishery itself is a parable of a dictatorship, Karamizade adds.
    — Ed Meza, Variety, 28 June 2023
  • But the coup was on the wane; after the end of the Cold War, the U.S. had stopped propping up quite so many military dictatorships, which are what tend to get militarily couped.
    — Keith Gessen, The New Yorker, 1 July 2023
  • The last time a president declined to hand over the sash was in 1985, marking the end of the nation’s two-decade military dictatorship and the return of democracy.
    — Carla Bridi, ajc, 27 Dec. 2022
  • More than three decades after the fall of the Duvalier family dictatorship in 1986, gangs and guns continue to rule a volatile Haiti.
    — Jacqueline Charles and, Miami Herald, 1 Feb. 2024
  • The reason my older sister and I grew up in the States is because my parents fled a military dictatorship.
    — Wired Staff, WIRED, 30 Dec. 2023
  • The Chun Doo-hwan military junta, which would go on to rule South Korea as a dictatorship for the next eight years, had just seized power in a coup d’etat and declared martial law.
    — Elvia Limón, Los Angeles Times, 25 Apr. 2023
  • The conflict has disrupted a push to get a transition to democracy back on track after decades of dictatorship and war.
    — Harold Maass, The Week, 19 Apr. 2023
  • Then, of course, there are the soldiers, many of them eager to fight for a dictatorship they had been persuaded to support or simply chose never to question, others opposed to the war from the start.
    — Julia Boyd, Smithsonian Magazine, 7 Apr. 2023
  • In an unapologetic dictatorship, there is much that can go wrong.
    — Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 13 Mar. 2024
  • The Islamic dictatorship has armed, funded to the tune of tens of millions of dollars, and otherwise assisted Hamas over many years.
    — The Editors, National Review, 13 Oct. 2023
  • They were put on the objects by the pawn shops – a testament to Germans’ obsessive bureaucracy even in times of dictatorship and war.
    — Kirsten Grieshaber, The Christian Science Monitor, 13 June 2023
  • And the United States and Europe would get a predictable and constructive partner instead of a hostile dictatorship.
    — Aleksei Miniailo, Foreign Affairs, 28 Dec. 2023
  • Yoon, too, is pushing South Korea in a repressive direction, back to the bad old days of the dictatorship, with no protest from his American partners.
    — E. Tammy Kim, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
  • Part of the explanation, analysts said, was that dark memories of a right-wing dictatorship that fell in 1974 kept populists at bay.
    — Catarina Fernandes Martins, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024
  • But in this weekend’s presidential election — one of the most consequential in the 23 years since the last dictatorship ended and democracy took hold — many see a chance to change course.
    — Ruth MacLean, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Now he is sprung and speaking for himself, against that monarchical dictatorship.
    — Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 26 Jan. 2023
  • During the dictatorship, asking too many questions was risky.
    — Rafael Romo, CNN, 27 May 2023
  • Woodrow Wilson and Franklin D. Roosevelt framed the world wars as conflicts between democracy and dictatorship.
    — wsj.com, 3 Apr. 2023
  • Xi’s ubiquitous presence has unnerved many Chinese who see shades of a Mao-style dictatorship.
    — Time, 16 June 2023
  • Napoleon was brought to power in France following a coup in the late 18th century, and established a dictatorship soon afterward.
    — Bychloe Taylor, Fortune, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Many Nigeriens are torn – the country has seen multiple coups and dictatorships, but at the same time poor governance has tarnished the idea that democracy is the solution.
    — Stephanie Busari, CNN, 6 Aug. 2023
  • Others even suggest the reforms would make Israel a dictatorship.
    — Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 5 May 2023

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