lord it over

Example Sentences

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We're used to seeing her sort of lord it over her environment.

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2022

Able to teleport cats at will and lord it over the entire Jellicle realm?

From New York Times • Dec. 22, 2019

First, inherited from “Toy Story 2,” is the notion of toys becoming vintage items, and second is the discomforting presence of über-toys, who lord it over the meeker types and forbid them basic liberties.

From The New Yorker • Jun. 21, 2019

“He didn’t lord it over her but sat with her,” she says.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2017

With his tail furled and ears aslant, he seemed to enjoy being out in front of thirteen dogs, seven of them strangers he would soon lord it over.

From "Black Star, Bright Dawn" by Scott O'Dell