lord it over

Example Sentences

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One team meet-up is staged, randomly, at an auto junkyard; it’s as though these serial sedan-killers want to lord it over the corpses.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2023

“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

Van Rensburg was not a clever fellow, and while he would lord it over us at the quarry, we could outwit him in court.

From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela