How to Use dictator in a Sentence

dictator

noun
  • The country was ruled by a military dictator.
  • Trump is no king, much less a dictator or a tyrant.
    — Krista Kafer, Denver Post, 20 Oct. 2025
  • These are the words of a wannabe dictator.
    — Trudy Rubin, Twin Cities, 14 Jan. 2026
  • That’s what dictators want to do.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, FOXNews.com, 31 Jan. 2026
  • Trump, of course, openly pines to be a dictator.
    — Tom Nichols, The Atlantic, 23 Feb. 2026
  • That's a move straight out of a dictator’s playbook.
    — Newsweek Contributors, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Kim is, by all accounts, one of the most brutal dictators in the world.
    — Tom Zirpoli, Baltimore Sun, 7 Aug. 2024
  • More like a memo from the dictator, telling gullible loyalists what to think.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Who's the dictator, and then who dictated him or her?
    — Randall Colburn, Entertainment Weekly, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Maduro has been a vicious dictator.
    — Nicole Russell, USA Today, 8 Jan. 2026
  • Wannabe dictators wear out their welcome.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The leader, a dictator, has been taken by force.
    — Philip Elliott, Time, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Pick a dictator and write about an imaginary morning or day in his life.
    — Scott Sayare, Harper's Magazine, 23 Nov. 2021
  • In the corner was a large chair fit to be the throne of a king or a dictator or a masochist who enjoys cramps.
    — Anthony Veasna So, The New Yorker, 5 July 2021
  • No dictator wants to end their rule with a bayonet up the backside.
    — Sam Kiley, CNN, 30 June 2022
  • As soon as the dictator was out, Samer Jalbout was on the move.
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The great thing about America is here kings and dictators do not rule.
    — Alexandra Hutzler, ABC News, 25 July 2024
  • The only thing a dictator loves is themselves.
    — Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
  • An ashen corpse drops to the ground, and the dictator moves on with ease, ready to discuss war tactics with his men.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 23 Feb. 2024
  • Our freedoms cannot be yielded to a dictator, not even for one day; that day could last a very, very long time.
    — Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 25 Oct. 2024
  • Some dictators go down fighting.
    — Robert F. Worth, The Atlantic, 6 Feb. 2026
  • One was happiness because of the death of a dictator.
    — Leila Fadel, NPR, 5 Mar. 2026
  • These aren’t our only dictators.
    — Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Now, is that the same as a soldier betting on the capture of a vicious dictator?
    — Zach Dean Outkick, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Venezuela dictator Nicolas Maduro is a lucky man.
    — Peter Lucas, Boston Herald, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Trump’s behavior is that of a dictator.
    — Chicago Tribune, 3 Mar. 2026
  • When a power-drunk ape goes bananas and starts acting more and more like a dictator, a young ape emerges on the scene.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 19 Mar. 2024
  • Once a dictator controls the levers of power, there will be no way for democracy to come back.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 14 July 2024
  • This 'dictator on Day 1' hoax has done a number on the Democrats.
    — Fox News, 4 Apr. 2024
  • The former leader of Iran was a brutal dictator for a long time.
    — Patrick Anderson, The Providence Journal, 4 Mar. 2026

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