Sentence examples for tyranny not only from inspiring English sources

But barbed-wire fences do symbolize tyranny, not only because many prisoners have been enclosed in barbed-wire fences (this is the natural basis for the symbolism) but also because of concentration camps and the countless tragic events of modern history that have provided the "vital basis" for the symbolism.

His previous books Bloodlands and Black Earth drew rancor from Russian partisans thanks to his critical analysis of Josef Stalin, and On Tyranny not only critiques Russia's past and present government, but also its alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. election in aid of Trump.

The theme of tyranny and alienation shows how a dictatorship not only alienates and "others" the people in the country, but also prevents the country itself from achieving European modernization.

Mr. O'Shea, a Canadian writer who has lived for long periods in France, demonstrates several aspects of what he describes as a new form of tyranny in European history, a tyranny that not only controlled behavior but thought as well.

However, by deposing a dangerous tyranny it not only fulfils its duty to protect its citizens but also liberates the oppressed.

But tyranny is not only a cause, but a symptom of more intractable problems, with tyrannical authority often replaced by a vacuum of authority.

The ten Sikh Gurus (Messengers of God) raised their voice against tyranny directed not only at the Sikhs but also at anybody else.

When, during the 1770s, the colonists threw off the tyranny of George III, they not only won independence from British imperial rule, but also achieved a kind of self-realisation; Americans-in-waiting became fully fledged Americans.

These add up to a call for no violence, no euphemisms to disguise violence and, Mr. Garton Ash said, the courage to stand up not only to tyranny around us, but to new tyrannies in our minds.

As the founders understood, democracies are vulnerable not only to tyranny from abroad but also to sophistry at home.

The farthest-flung parts of the vast archipelago-state suffer from a tyranny of distance, shut off not only from world markets but also from the thriving Javanese economy around the capital, Jakarta.