high-and-mighty
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He could be pretty high-and-mighty, and certainly not exactly a small-d democrat.
From Slate ● Feb. 16, 2026
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
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
“Aw, now, don’t go get all high-and-mighty on me,” Billy said.
From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls
And in its high and mighty position, it became an object of ridicule.
From Barron's ● May 2, 2026
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
“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
