high-handed

Example Sentences

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Triggering the administration’s nuclear response on Friday was Anthropic’s high-handed refusal to give the Defense Department carte blanche to use its technology as it sees fit.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 1, 2026

Scottish Conservatives chairman Craig Hoy told the BBC that Mr Russell was "dismissing the concerns raised by Lisa Cameron in the most high-handed of ways."

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023

In countering misinformation, FDA also risks coming off as high-handed.

From Salon • Jul. 21, 2023

The media criticised him for what was described as high-handed behaviour and an overly lavish lifestyle.

From Reuters • May 5, 2023

No matter how high-handed he sounds giving advice or how much he bothers me, I would be a fool not to listen.

From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black