high-and-mighty
Example Sentences
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It was there that he began mixing with the high and mighty of St Petersburg and then Russia.
From BBC • Mar. 19, 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," 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
These are very dire circumstances, and it doesn't matter how high and mighty you are, how intelligent and knowledgeable.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2021
It wasn’t high and mighty like cabin one, but long and low and solid.
From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
