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

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

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

“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