Rosie stared at him, infuriated by his high-handedness. From Wordnik.com. [Yesterday's Echoes]
Any popular gup about high-handedness scares them nowadays. From Wordnik.com. [Maid in Waiting] Reference
"Satawu condemns this high-handedness of the police," he said. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
What do Filipinos get from this hypocrisy and high-handedness?. From Wordnik.com. [Politics rears its ugly heads] Reference
But in one recent instance, the high-handedness came with a price. From Wordnik.com. [Writer Unboxed » Blog Archive » Snippets] Reference
Such high-handedness seems to have been received poorly by the Greens. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
The high-handedness of the Bents frequently put him in an angry state. From Wordnik.com. [The Berrybender Narratives] Reference
For I had not forgotten Morningstar's taunting of me, his high-handedness. From Wordnik.com. [Sir Apropos of Nothing] Reference
Her high-handedness still made him seethe, but that wasn't his children's fault. From Wordnik.com. [Fall of Angels]
I am needing a few words from you against the high-handedness of Pakistani officials. From Wordnik.com. [OpEdNews - Diary: I Need Your Urgent Attention, Help] Reference
Nel said the dismissal was inconsistent, and showewd further proof of high-handedness. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The country blazed in anger at French high-handedness and rallied round the government. From Wordnik.com. [America's First Dynasty] Reference
The question about Rumsfeld now isn't whether he'll be brought low by his high-handedness. From Wordnik.com. [Robert's Rules For Rummy] Reference
Instead, the failures of "tactics, spin and high-handedness" overwhelmed Gordon Brown's agenda. From Wordnik.com. [Labour must now stop this self-flagellation and regroup] Reference
All she could see was George's high-handedness and she couldn't understand what had provoked it. From Wordnik.com. [A Place of Execution]
He says the CPM suffered because of its high-handedness, corruption and ignoring the opposition. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Communist of West Bengal] Reference
So, I guess the challenge is, what will NOT pointing out their errors and high-handedness get us?. From Wordnik.com. [USHCN Survey Results based on 33% of the network « Climate Audit] Reference
Democratic Senators will consider the high-handedness further evidence that Miguel Estrada is uppity. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Miguel Estrada Writes in Support of Elena Kagan’s Confirmation] Reference
The ANC PWV Region is outraged at the insensitive and high-handedness manner in which the Johannesburg City. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Prepared to light into him about his high-handedness with her, Blair was defeated once again by his gentleness. From Wordnik.com. [Heaven's Price]
Will the editorial pages denounce the unilateralism and arrogance and high-handedness of the departed administration?. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-12-01] Reference
Far from correcting them, failings (tactics, spin, high-handedness) intensified, and we lost many of our strengths. From Wordnik.com. [Labour leadership race: Good for the candidates, bad for the party] Reference
Having told her father she would prefer to stay at home, Alice was understandably looking irritated at his high-handedness. From Wordnik.com. [No Laughing Matter]
She glared after him, making it evident that she detected a family resemblance in terms of high-handedness, as well as physique. From Wordnik.com. [A Breath of Snow and Ashes]
Ewe stretched across the border, another example of the hubris and high-handedness of the acts of Europeans partitioning Africa. From Wordnik.com. [2007 August : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation] Reference
England's anger at that bit of high-handedness was only smoothed over at the urging of the queen's dying husband, Prince Albert. From Wordnik.com. [America's First Dynasty] Reference
The DPP, by contrast, is merely in disarray over the personal ambitions of its members and the high-handedness of Chen Shui-bian. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2006-05-01] Reference
But high-handedness quickly replaced high-mindedness, and by the time the offering launched they looked more like the Two Stooges. From Wordnik.com. [Who won, who lost in the Google IPO] Reference
There was also some resentment against the high-handedness of this ruler but these were minor and should not be blown out of proportion. From Wordnik.com. [The Shuk-den affair: Origins of a Controversy (Part I)] Reference
Cheeranjivi's Praja Rajyam's debacle was not unexpected because of high-handedness in giving tickets by taking money three crore rupees. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2009-06-01] Reference
The Minister condemned the high-handedness of the security guards and expressed his heartfelt condolences to the families of the bereaved. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
He was nearly always by her side, driving off other devotees when he chose with a cool high-handedness which sometimes amused, sometimes infuriated Tony. From Wordnik.com. [Wild Wings A Romance of Youth] Reference
I think what this is now is ushering in the new era of negotiation, a new era of diplomacy, where there is no belligerence, where there is no high-handedness. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Aug 5, 2009] Reference
Backbenchers in Tuesday's party room were grumpy at their leader's high-handedness. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
This was seen as another example of Turnbull's high-handedness, or political inexperience. From Wordnik.com. [The Sydney Morning Herald News Headlines] Reference
Discrimination and high-handedness towards the tribal population flourishes shamelessly in our country. From Wordnik.com. [Daily News & Analysis] Reference
This mixture of sloppiness, lack of communication and high-handedness gives the IPCC's critics a lot to work with. From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Correspondent's diary]
This is because in reality leaders of the opposition are the very people who will be the victims of the use of judicial high-handedness. From Wordnik.com. [Planet Malaysia] Reference
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