How to Use reign of terror in a Sentence

reign of terror

noun phrase
  • With that, Sam Levinson’s reign of terror is over.
    — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 1 June 2026
  • No shots were fired, but Bennett’s reign of terror ended that day.
    — Jack Kresnak, Detroit Free Press, 28 Jan. 2024
  • This was all part of their reign of terror, which ultimately caught up to them this week.
    — Tresa Baldas, Detroit Free Press, 27 Dec. 2024
  • Reyes’ nine-month reign of terror took place on the city’s Southwest Side.
    — Michael Loria, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025
  • Adolf started his war in 1939, the sixth year of his reign of terror.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • And we are reminded this morning of the horrors from his reign of terror.
    — CBS News, 8 Dec. 2024
  • The reign of terror came to an end in August 1973.
    — Stephanie Nolasco, FOXNews.com, 17 Aug. 2025
  • Hamas’ reign of terror is not just an Israeli problem, but one that impacts us all.
    — Houston Keene, Fox News, 9 Nov. 2023
  • During their reign of terror, the brothers stalked at least six young couples and one 12-year-old girl.
    — Kc Baker, Peoplemag, 8 June 2024
  • Her motives remain murky, but her reign of terror doesn't appear to be ending anytime soon.
    — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 30 Jan. 2025
  • The police chief must team with a marine biologist and a surly shark hunter to stop the beast's reign of terror.
    — K. Thor Jensen, PC Magazine, 17 Apr. 2026
  • Are there any end- or post-credits scenes that suggest the monster’s reign of terror will continue?
    — Tim Lammers, Forbes, 16 Jan. 2025
  • This was the beginning of Donald Boat’s reign of terror.
    — Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026
  • Their mutual reign of terror begins in the parking lot of a home improvement store.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 6 Apr. 2023
  • This would kick off Pinochet’s political reign — and reign of terror — for the next 17 years.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 15 Sep. 2023
  • The classical world has developed mechanisms to rein in these reigns of terror.
    — Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 31 Aug. 2023
  • This sitting duck would be another victim in the submarine’s reign of terror.
    — Sean Kingsley, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
  • He's had his opponents murdered or imprisoned throughout his reign of terror.
    — Matt Robison, Newsweek, 25 Feb. 2025
  • This reign of terror on America is disgraceful.
    — Chicago Tribune, 12 Jan. 2026
  • Assad's reign of terror did not begin in 2011 with the uprising.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2024
  • Her attempts at humor, horribly renewed each morning, have become a reign of terror.
    — James Parker, The Atlantic, 29 Oct. 2024
  • After the Chiefs’ reign of terror over the last seven years, the AFC has rarely felt more wide open.
    — Matt Schubert, Denver Post, 22 Nov. 2025
  • Ryan Murphy’s reign of terror will continue unabated, and I for one am thrilled.
    — Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 24 Nov. 2025
  • Tracing Bundy’s reign of terror over the years, Rule grapples with the contradictions of the killer.
    — Rebecca Hannigan, PEOPLE, 10 Jan. 2026
  • Throughout his reign of terror, mainly in the 1970s, he was known to have had at least 33 victims.
    — Alex Gurley, PEOPLE, 19 Oct. 2025
  • His reign of terror brought the city to its knees, compelling many young women with similar appearances to the victims to dye their hair and get pixie cuts.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, Peoplemag, 22 June 2024
  • Some of them were central to my book and research, and many of them are descendants of people who were killed during the Osage reign of terror.
    — EW.com, 3 Nov. 2023
  • That has not abated, but Hedda’s reign of terror will find new ways to out itself (and her) over the course of one devastating party.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Myanmar has returned to a military reign of terror and the fractured reality of civil war.
    — Hannah Beech, New York Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • That game is firmly Link’s adventure, with the princess sidelined to find a way back to her own era and help stop Ganondorf’s reign of terror.
    — Christopher Cruz, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2025

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