Sentence examples for peremptory way from inspiring English sources

This is the same pat, peremptory way that Justice Antonin Scalia — a Reagan appointee — talks about the Constitution.

Urban environments can certainly elicit involuntary attention (honking horns in Times Square), but they do so in a harsh, peremptory way that requires voluntary attention to override.

And there's just enough humor: the Sylph has a peremptory way of telling him "Come hither!," never changing her perfect arm position but just flicking her head to nod him to her side.

Guardians of Scharoun's architectural legacy were aghast — the Philharmonie was being "degraded to banality," one said — and politicians disliked the peremptory way in which Ohnesorg pushed through his plan.

Guardians of Scharoun's architectural legacy were aghast the Philharmonie was being "degraded to banality," one said and politicians disliked the peremptory way in which Ohnesorg pushed through his plan.

Already resentful of the peremptory way in which her own research has been sidelined by the lab in the rush to bolster Cliff's work, she becomes increasingly suspicious when her attempts to reproduce his results end in failure.

Staff's genuine warmth and sincerity always showed through Nora's peremptory ways, and prevented her from becoming either a lifeless caricature or a totally unsympathetic bore.

Even before Rummy mocked them, officials in Paris and Berlin were mocking President Bush's pious, peremptory ways on Iraq, saying they found his tone too Texas and too religious.

Diplomats praise her energetic negotiating style, though her peremptory manner has bruised some egos.

His confident and peremptory manner shows not a particle of doubt.

The two resembled each other physically and shared a similar peremptory manner of communicating.