1 And not only that, but moody stricken Ahab stood before them with a crucifixion in his face; in all the nameless regal overbearing dignity of some mighty woe.
2 As he said this, Ahab advanced upon him with such overbearing terrors in his aspect, that Stubb involuntarily retreated.
Moby Dick By Herman MelvilleContext Highlight In CHAPTER 29. Enter Ahab; to Him, Stubb. 3 He was generous to his friends and equals, but proud, dominant, overbearing, to inferiors, and utterly unmerciful to whatever set itself up against him.
4 She was also quite venomously overbearing with the servants, Connie found: but in a quiet way.
5 It was amusing to me to see how the detective's overbearing manner had changed suddenly to that of a child asking questions of its teacher.
The Return of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan DoyleContext Highlight In II. THE ADVENTURE OF THE NORWOOD BUILDER 6 Maria did not understand why Joe laughed so much over the answer he had made but she said that the manager must have been a very overbearing person to deal with.
7 And yet she's firmly persuaded that I'm an arbitrary overbearing bossing kind of person.