high-handedness
Example Sentences
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Such highhandedness did not sit well with potential donors; both projects came to grief.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
An artisan residing in Ikeja, Wasiu Adekoya, bemoaned the highhandedness of the riders.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2022
Moreover, there seems to be a bit of highhandedness by both sides.
From New York Times • Apr. 2, 2015
L.A.’s nonchalant highhandedness can gall today as it did 101 years ago when it precipitated what secessionists hailed as the “day of deliverance” from the “imperial county.”
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 17, 1990
"But Robin isn't like other girls—" he began, with a disturbing recollection of Robin's highhandedness in engaging a companion.
From Red-Robin by Richards, Harriet Roosevelt
