Sentence examples for Overbearing influence from inspiring English sources

Ray: He was a really overbearing influence on her.

Scotland would be a counterweight to London's huge, overbearing influence over the British economy.

The election of Erdoğan and the AKP in 2003 was initially welcomed by some pro-democracy elements as a means of weakening the military's overbearing influence, breaking up the old corrupt oligarchic order, and challenging U.S. hegemony.

It is time we question the legitimacy and overbearing influence of certain politically and socially backward countries in deciding what is Islamic and what is not, who is a good Muslim and who is not.

It decided instead that it would rather see the work done through a loan perhaps in order to avoid looking like an overbearing influence in the affairs of one of its smallest neighbours.

A free-trading regime among our allies also counters China's overbearing influence, which Trump claims he wants to curtail but — because he is not a realist — has no responsible idea about how to do it.

Further, when the constitution is drafted under overbearing foreign influence, as was the case in postcolonial Korea, can we really say that the people are sovereign?

During his campaign Duterte had both the confidence and good cause to speak out against the overbearing US influence on the Philippines.

His father did at least see to it that he had a thorough musical training, at the Conservatoires of Liège and Paris, and he was able to break away from overbearing parental influence when he found refuge with the family of his future wife in his early twenties.

During the dispute over the HNC, Khánh had tried to frame the dispute in nationalistic terms against what he saw as overbearing US influence.

His troubled relationship with his overbearing father greatly influenced his writings.