high-handed

Example Sentences

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Willis has increased her claim after NatWest's "high handed manner" in its response to the latest proceedings, a document filed with the court showed.

From Reuters • Nov. 28, 2022

With high handed dispatch, he breaks up an affair between his luxury-loving cousin and a fifth-rate actress.

From Time Magazine Archive

"It's not pleasant here, I can tell you," said Dave, "and the whole thing is pretty high handed, don't you think so, Mr. Ridgely?"

From Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane by Rockwood, Roy

In these high handed measures we get a glimpse of the Stuart theory of government, and see the way paved for the final break between king and people in the following reign.

From General History for Colleges and High Schools by Myers, Philip Van Ness

Sir Roger seems to have been too high handed in his dealings with his neighbours, even for the unsettled times in which he lived.

From The Evolution of an English Town by Home, Gordon