How to Use dictate to in a Sentence

dictate to

verb

• No one dictates to us what to do.
  — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 11 Jan. 2026
• Ukraine does not dictate to any other people how to teach its history.
  — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 20 June 2026
• And also we Southerners have never let a little sugar dictate to us where on the menu a dish should go.
  — Jasmine Smith, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2026
• What a relief to finally feel an organic emotion without it being dictated to me.
  — Hannah Abraham, Forbes.com, 12 Aug. 2026
• In an apology letter dictated to the court by his lawyer, Jenkins said speaking to children is the most fulfilling part of his life now.
  — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 16 Aug. 2025
• Rather than negotiations, the terms were dictated to Germany.
  — Pamela Avila, CNN Money, 18 June 2026
• In light of how so many people, governments, religions, and organizations may dictate to mankind what specifically to think, that statement sure is a breath of fresh air.
  — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2026
• Montse declaring herself the daughter of God, and that the words her daughters sing are dictated to her by God and part of her mission to save humanity via music.
  — John Hopewell, Variety, 30 July 2026
• They will not be dictated to without far richer incentives, protections, or more sustained pressure than a single special forces operation can provide.
  — Dewardric L. McNeal, CNBC, 11 Jan. 2026
• During the hearing in the Senate Education committee, some parents and former teachers said the bill doesn’t serve a purpose and dictates to schools how time must be spent.
  — Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 11 Mar. 2026
• His words are believed to have been dictated to his son Jan, surviving both World War II and subsequent communist rule.
  — Jay Ganglani, NBC news, 19 Sep. 2025
• Turkish pro-government media celebrated it as an assertion of sovereignty, proof that Ankara would not be dictated to by Washington.
  — Bobby Ghosh, Time, 22 Dec. 2025
• The sous chef, Andy Kennedy, is in touch with the nutritionists from both teams well in advance of games, although in an advisory capacity rather than menus being dictated to him.
  — Nick Miller, New York Times, 6 June 2026
• Both Russia and China dictate to their neighbors and seek veto power over other nations’ decisions about security, diplomacy, and trade.
  — Bill Weld, Foreign Affairs, 8 Oct. 2019
• Austria retained possession of Venetia, and prudence dictated to the delegates at the Congress of Vienna that continued Austrian predominance in Italy should guarantee the peninsula against French influence.
  — Britannica Editors, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Mar. 2026