All 3 Uses of
tyranny
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- Well, Grandmother was so marvelous she brought the house down; it was a grand performance, rather wasted—in my opinion—on poor John and Constance, who were drearily played by a somewhat sheepish Mr. Fish, our dog-loving neighbor (and a regular choice of Dan's), and by the tyrannical Mrs. Walker, whose legs were her sexiest feature—and they were almost completely covered in the long dresses appropriate to this drawing-room comedy.†
p. 110.3tyrannical = harsh and unjust
- My Aunt Martha—like many Americans—could become quite tyrannical in the defense of democracy.†
p. 122.9
- Mrs. Walker, whose own term as a Vestry member was expiring—thus giving her even more energy for her Sunday school tyrannies—complained that attendance at the adult evening Bible study was flagging.†
p. 163.5 *
Definition:
harsh and unjust rule