high-handed

Example Sentences

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The high-handed rejection of a treatment for Huntington’s disease shows why the biologics chief had to go.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026

Scottish Conservatives chairman Craig Hoy told the BBC that Mr Russell was "dismissing the concerns raised by Lisa Cameron in the most high-handed of ways."

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2023

Fogg was better but still quite annoying with how high-handed he was treating Passepartout, who is his valet.

From Salon • Feb. 21, 2022

Draghi's sometimes high-handed manner has also won him enemies in the cabinet, well-placed government sources say, meaning only a few members of his coalition team tried to fight his corner as the vote progressed.

From Reuters • Feb. 2, 2022

“But your honor will not deny me this one and only poor privilege of protest against this high-handed outrage upon my citizen’s rights,” Anthony responded.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling