lord it over

Example Sentences

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He loved this so much he lorded it over me for years.

From Seattle Times

He won all the trophies, dominated the landscape, lorded it over proceedings like a king on his throne.

From BBC

One team meet-up is staged, randomly, at an auto junkyard; it’s as though these serial sedan-killers want to lord it over the corpses.

From New York Times

Then an injury that took him out of the game from the end of December until Saturday, when he reappeared like a colossus and lorded it over Twickenham.

From BBC

“In a democracy, the people are in charge. Elected representatives like me and my parliamentary colleagues do not lord it over you. We are your servants.”

From Seattle Times