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

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

From Salon • Mar. 21, 2022

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

“Well, you’re right. It all came out okay. But I still don’t like the way he tries to lord it over me.”

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt