Sentence examples for dictate them from inspiring English sources

Religious concerns, though understandable and commendable, could certainly influence those ethics but should not dictate them.

Firstly, the job of a dictionary is to document words and usage, not dictate them.

We help them make those decisions but ultimately we cannot dictate them.

He'll scribble on a notepad in the dark, then type up his comments or dictate them to an assistant.

But, as long as they are in office, practically everything that happens revolves around them, and that gives them the opportunity to shape events, if not dictate them.

And in Russia, just as in the Soviet Union, the prosecutor's office has the right to review and overturn court decisions -- which is to say, to dictate them.

The secretary dictated them to her.

In reality, Hamas dictated them".

He dictated them into a recorder, and my auntie typed them up.

Critics detect a political type who always reacts to events, rather than dictating them.

The President's problem is that he appears to be reacting to events rather than dictating them.