lord it over
Example Sentences
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We're used to seeing her sort of lord it over her environment.
From Salon • Mar. 21, 2022
The upper-crust denizens of Piltover control the so-called “hextech” and lord it over those scrounging in the depths of the city of Zaun.
From New York Times • Dec. 21, 2021
First, inherited from “Toy Story 2,” is the notion of toys becoming vintage items, and second is the discomforting presence of über-toys, who lord it over the meeker types and forbid them basic liberties.
From The New Yorker • Jun. 21, 2019
“He didn’t lord it over her but sat with her,” she says.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 14, 2017
Some children push themselves ahead just to lord it over other children, because they’re insecure or selfish.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
