Sentences with 'dictatorial'
Example sentences and phrases with the word dictatorial and other words derived from it.
• « The twelve members of this committee governed France from September 1793 to July 1794 as a dictatorial council, charged with defending the Revolution against both its external enemies and internal rebels. It was highly successful in the former respect, issuing a levée en masse, or total mobilisation for war, which swelled the ranks of the French forces and kept the Austrian and Prussian armies at bay. »
• « Thus, barely five years into the Revolution, control was now in the hands of a small dictatorial committee of radicals who used violent repression to hold the nation together, continue the war against almost all of Europe and, soon, enact even more radical measures. »
• « Lenin suffered a series of attacks in the early 1920s, giving Stalin the opportunity to build his power base unopposed, even though Lenin himself was concerned about Stalin's dictatorial tendencies. »