Sentence examples for a strongman at from inspiring English sources

Even under democracy, they tend to view a strongman at the centre as a prerequisite for stability.

The situation is due in part to the army's decades-old popularity, argues Bassem Sabry, and the fact that many Egyptians – following a turbulent two-year democratic experiment – remain more comfortable with a strongman at the helm.

Within a few years of the Wall Street crash of 1929 Brazil's democracy was replaced by a dictatorship (15 other countries in the region suffered takeovers by either the military or a strongman at that time).

Petersen is a former European champion stone-putter, and having a strongman contest at the Motorcycle Jamboree was his idea.

Lars is a former European champion stone-putter, and having a strongman contest at the Motorcycle Jamboree was his idea.

In 2001, at a strongman contest on the Faeroe Islands, Savickas slipped on some sand while turning Conan's Wheel and tore the patella tendons off both knees.

This is history as farce, accompanied by calliopes and ragtime; the passage of the 18th Amendment is finally marked by the ringing of a strongman's bell, as at a carnival.

Indeed, Beijing's global New Deal – hefty amounts of loans and investment dollars unconstrained by human rights or good governance concerns – seems almost tailor-made for Cambodia's Prime Minister Hun Sen, a strongman autocrat who chafes at Western pressure to enact democratic reforms.

He set up a strongman regime that was somewhat enlightened at first but which has grown increasingly repressive over time.

The character Henry first portrayed in WWE was based on his glorious past, as he personified a strongman who displayed his gargantuan strength at every opportunity.

In a region disposed to upheaval and violence, a "strongman" like Sisi ensures stability – or at least that is the thinking of leaders such as Emmanuel Macron.