lord it over
Example Sentences
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“In a democracy, the people are in charge. Elected representatives like me and my parliamentary colleagues do not lord it over you. We are your servants.”
From Seattle Times • Dec. 29, 2022
And USC continues to lord it over a big chunk of the city.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 18, 2022
We're used to seeing her sort of lord it over her environment.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2022
The upper-crust denizens of Piltover control the so-called “hextech” and lord it over those scrounging in the depths of the city of Zaun.
From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2021
She, herself, felt the distance, but refused to lord it over us.
From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison
