high-handed
Example Sentences
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High-handed Costello played straight into Sir Basil's hands by calling together a committee which ordered collection boxes set up in front of every church, Catholic or Protestant, in Eire.
From Time Magazine Archive
High-handed however as the Archbishop's course had been, he felt dimly the approaching wreck.
From Stray Studies from England and Italy by Greene, John Richard
When the Ministers had assembled Lincoln first entertained them by reading the short chapter of Artemus Ward entitled "High-handed Outrage at Utica."
From Abraham Lincoln by Charnwood, Godfrey Rathbone Benson, Baron
High-handed measures had failed of the anticipated effect.
From Life of George Washington — Volume 01 by Irving, Washington
High-handed as Wentworth was by nature, his rule in Ireland made him more high-handed than ever.
From The Browning Cyclop?dia A Guide to the Study of the Works of Robert Browning by Berdoe, Edward
