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Six example sentences with peremptory, each labelled with its topic.
The judge issued a peremptory order to clear the gallery, and the bailiffs moved before anyone could finish objecting.
Law
One peremptory shout from the coach sent all five starters back on defense without a word of argument or delay.
Basketball
The surgeon's peremptory demand for more light left the whole team scrambling, and nobody dared ask her to repeat it.
Medicine
A peremptory email from the chief executive ordered every branch to close early, with no reason and no room for questions.
Business
The conductor's peremptory tap on the stand silenced the orchestra mid-phrase, and nobody asked what had gone wrong.
Music
The queen's peremptory summons reached the duke at midnight, and he rode to the palace without waiting for daylight.
History
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