How to Use domination in a Sentence

domination

noun
  • But this year, that domination wasn’t just on the court or on the field.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 16 Dec. 2021
  • Now, her domination of the charts rolls on.
    — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 19 May 2026
  • But its domination of the segment has long been a point of pride.
    — Washington Post, 9 July 2020
  • Pure domination at the line of scrimmage to create chaos all over the field.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Part of that is her desire for, put it in simple terms, world domination.
    — Erica Gonzales, ELLE, 19 July 2022
  • The Vikings surprised all with two-way domination in the first half.
    — Patrick Reusse, Star Tribune, 13 Oct. 2020
  • That's why these guys have a decade of domination… all there guys are strong believers.
    — Chantz Martin, FOXNews.com, 26 Mar. 2025
  • But Jordan’s place on this list is about pure domination.
    — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026
  • The rest of the game is pretty much total domination.
    — Chris McKenna, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Georgia’s bread and butter is its run game and domination at the line of scrimmage.
    — cleveland, 9 Jan. 2023
  • Nothing in life is about having our way; nothing in life is about domination.
    — Brian Moylan, Vulture, 17 Apr. 2026
  • When the cold optics of domination are left unchallenged, the dead die twice.
    — Daniel Borzutzky Anne Boyer, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
  • To be sure, the drive to appropriate was often bound up with sadism and love of domination.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The next step to diva domination?
    — Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 1 May 2026
  • Compared to Putin’s attempts at world domination, this feels like trite stuff.
    — Jordan Mintzer, HollywoodReporter, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The success of the seconds-long tune is a clear byproduct of the movie’s total domination.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Some supporters will love the domination Leeds tend to have from the first minute until the last.
    — Beren Cross, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
  • The best approach in this phase is to start small but think globally — don’t go for global domination from the start.
    — Marius Mihalec, Forbes, 5 May 2021
  • And paint domination to the tune of 44-18 was pretty good, too.
    — Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 15 Sep. 2025
  • After two years of domination, Crazy Norse was a heavy favorite to run it back.
    — Rasputin Todd, Cincinnati Enquirer, 12 Mar. 2026
  • The war marked the end of three centuries of European world domination.
    — Kevin Dayhoff, baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll, 13 Nov. 2021
  • The end result was total domination by the Jayhawks against one of the best teams in the country.
    — Shreyas Laddha, Kansas City Star, 14 Jan. 2026
  • The reasons for this domination are simple.
    — Literary Hub, 18 Feb. 2026
  • It's taken decades to achieve the sort of world domination K-pop is enjoying at the moment.
    — Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 17 May 2021
  • The politics of domination, though bloody and violent, spring from a place of great fear and weakness.
    — Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
  • The game was pretty much over then, and the Browns’ defense continued its domination the rest of the way.
    — Zac Jackson, New York Times, 19 Oct. 2025
  • This was a beatdown, a complete domination.
    — Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 7 Dec. 2025
  • But after the Rams tied it up, the second half began with more Bills’ domination.
    — Bill Plaschke, Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2022
  • To do my part to resist the totalizing pull of power and domination.
    — Literary Hub, 29 Jan. 2026
  • To do my part to resist the totalizing pull of power and domination.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 18 Dec. 2025

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