high-and-mighty
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But in both fields, one must live up to their high-and-mighty ambitions, or risk being laughed out of the ring.
From Salon ● Oct. 4, 2025
Lovato’s behavior is reminiscent of her most high-profile defender in this incident, Jameela Jamil, the actress and model who has become infamous for her high-and-mighty online attitude.
From Slate ● Apr. 21, 2021
Another high-and-mighty Oscar-nominated sports drama—this time about baseball— that Brad Pitt, Jonah Hill and company somehow turned into both an analytical deep-dive and a fine piece of cinema.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 19, 2020
They assume — not everybody, right — but they assume that you’re some kind of high-and-mighty person.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 8, 2019
The nation of France, especially, has gotten all high-and-mighty about threatening to remove their associations from South Africa.
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
And in its high and mighty position, it became an object of ridicule.
From Barron's ● May 2, 2026
But many of the videos are released by police and feature people who have come under far more pressure than the high and mighty of Russia's pop scene.
From BBC ● Jan. 20, 2024
And they sit on this committee, and they sit there so high and mighty.
From Salon ● Dec. 13, 2023
"If a professor comes in and he’s all high and mighty and using words they don’t understand — that doesn’t help them relax and think," he said of students.
From Fox News ● Jan. 26, 2022
“Come in here, acting all high and mighty, like you’re better than us . . .” Her nightgown is bunched up around her belly.
From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline
