By saying "we will never build where the towers stood," the governor has acted in an autocratic manner and stifled the public planning process.

His autocratic manner was irritating to many, and sometimes hurtful.

Ayéva has been accused of leading the party in an autocratic manner.

It did not help that he had an autocratic manner and was not a native of the province.

Any second now he would ring the doorbell in his usual autocratic, impatient manner.

During his short reign, James fell under intense criticism for his autocratic manner of rule.

She went on in her charming autocratic manner.

But the chief factor appeared to be disenchantment with what some saw as the Chancellor's overly autocratic manner.

She ought to have guessed he would behave in his usual autocratic manner.

I would not imply that Roosevelt assumed an autocratic manner in this warfare.