high-and-mighty
Example Sentences
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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
"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," Mehler said.
From Fox News • Feb. 20, 2022
“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 Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2022
“Working with him, you would never know that. There’s nothing pretentious or high and mighty about him. He’s just a cool kid.”
From Washington Post • Nov. 16, 2021
So it wasn't actually like Broadway or Fifth Ave, but in my mind it just felt like we were walking high and mighty like I guessed they did on those streets.
From "When I Was the Greatest" by Jason Reynolds
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
