high-and-mighty

Example Sentences

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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

To “step out of the ignorance and blinders” of her upbringing, Schneider attended race dialogues and trainings such as Teaching for Change, but she warns other whites not to get high-and-mighty.

From The Guardian • Mar. 11, 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