high-and-mighty
Example Sentences
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But in both fields, one must live up to their high-and-mighty ambitions, or risk being laughed out of the ring.
From Salon • Oct. 4, 2025
Lovato’s behavior is reminiscent of her most high-profile defender in this incident, Jameela Jamil, the actress and model who has become infamous for her high-and-mighty online attitude.
From Slate • Apr. 21, 2021
Another high-and-mighty Oscar-nominated sports drama—this time about baseball— that Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and company somehow turned into both an analytical deep-dive and a fine piece of cinema.
From Golf Digest • Mar. 19, 2020
They assume — not everybody, right — but they assume that you’re some kind of high-and-mighty person.
From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2019
The nation of France, especially, has gotten all high-and-mighty about threatening to remove their associations from South Africa.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
