high-handed
Example Sentences
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The high-handed rejection of a treatment for Huntington’s disease shows why the biologics chief had to go.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 8, 2026
But that relationship will always be hostage to events; either a flare-up in the South China Sea, or any other act by China seen as high-handed by the Vietnamese.
From BBC • Dec. 11, 2023
Khrushchev was ousted in 1964 following a plot by fellow Communist Party leaders who accused him of rude, erratic and high-handed behaviour, policy failures and going against the teaching of Lenin.
From Reuters • Sep. 2, 2022
He's insufferable when he insists on playing the entitled gentleman – like when he's high-handed about Passepartout's valet duties – but becomes more brilliant and human with each challenge overcome.
From Salon • Jan. 2, 2022
No matter how high-handed he sounds giving advice or how much he bothers me, I would be a fool not to listen.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
