Against this high-handed measure there was no redress.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Swedish Revolution Under Gustavus Vasa] Reference

What a high-handed thing for any married person to say!.    From Wordnik.com.  [It’s Not Her. It’s That Marriage.] Reference

First, I'll agree that all this may seem a bit high-handed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Damned If You Don't] Reference

Dulcie was sulking, however, at Leslie's high-handed manner.    From Wordnik.com.  [Marjorie Dean, College Sophomore] Reference

"You people will regret this high-handed outrage," he cried.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ralph on the Engine The Young Fireman of the Limited Mail] Reference

In this desperate pass Laudonnière took a high-handed step.    From Wordnik.com.  [French Pathfinders in North America] Reference

"My! but you are a high-handed young lady," chuckled Walter.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nan Sherwood at Rose Ranch] Reference

A high-handed measure was resolved upon, -- the exclusion from the.    From Wordnik.com.  [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference

Harlowe, could not fail to disapprove of her high-handed disregard of.    From Wordnik.com.  [Grace Harlowe's Problem] Reference

VII, in high-handed fashion, presented it to the Earl of Bedford; and.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Magnificent Montez From Courtesan to Convert] Reference

"What is the meaning of this high-handed proceeding, Count Icanovich?".    From Wordnik.com.  [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference

Cadbury suggested reporting this high-handed act to the Society for the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jack of Both Sides The Story of a School War] Reference

You're accusing Musharraf of many of the same high-handed things you did.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sharif Returns From Exile] Reference

"Where did she go when she took herself off in that high-handed fashion?".    From Wordnik.com.  [The Fifth Ace] Reference

Eastern seas had used high-handed measures to prevent English competition.    From Wordnik.com.  [Famous Sea Fights From Salamis to Tsu-Shima] Reference

There is no tinge of threat or high-handed tone toward Germany in the note.    From Wordnik.com.  [New York Times Current History; The European War, Vol 2, No. 4, July, 1915 April-September, 1915] Reference

Netanyahu's high-handed manner has intensified the climate of confrontation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Neighborhood Bully] Reference

"Well, someone's got to understand," persisted the boy in a high-handed way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christopher Hibbault, Roadmaker] Reference

He went back with a swing to the high-handed policy he had so often denounced.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Quarterly Review, Volume 162, No. 324, April, 1886] Reference

She shall not die if any high-handed outrage that I can commit will prevent it.    From Wordnik.com.  [Doctor Jones' Picnic] Reference

He imprisoned those who refused to assist him and ran things in a high-handed way.    From Wordnik.com.  [Birdseye Views of Far Lands] Reference

The suppression of the monasteries was one of Henry's most high-handed measures.    From Wordnik.com.  [General History for Colleges and High Schools] Reference

Russia and France took umbrage at this high-handed proceeding and championed Greece.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Grand Old Man] Reference

Schmalkald, was preparing future disaster by his high-handed attitude within the Empire.    From Wordnik.com.  [England under the Tudors] Reference

"What right have you to use these high-handed methods on us?" demanded Mr. Foger pompously.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tom Swift and His Great Searchlight; or, on the border for Uncle Sam] Reference

Cora made the most of her chance to get back at Linda for her high-handed treatment of her.    From Wordnik.com.  [Nan Sherwood at Palm Beach Or Strange Adventures Among The Orange Groves] Reference

La Salle had no resource but to appeal from the Governor's high-handed injustice to the King.    From Wordnik.com.  [French Pathfinders in North America] Reference

What they haven't noticed, of late, is how their frequently high-handed ways have alienated their fellows.    From Wordnik.com.  [Europe Splits] Reference

"But I want it known that I resent this high-handed treatment, and I shall write a letter complaining of it.".    From Wordnik.com.  [That Sweet Little Old Lady] Reference

The effect was high-handed, as if he was saying ` ` Hit me with your best shot; I'm the star of the show here. ''.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joe Lapointe: Indicted Roger Clemens Will Need a New Pitch] Reference

Still, it's hard to imagine how anyone could be high-handed enough to unite baseball's feuding owners and players.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cartoons Sure Were Easier] Reference

This high-handed official at once put the poor navigator in chains and placed him on board a ship bound for Spain.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole] Reference

And Sulzberger gets the blame for anointing Raines and Boyd, whose high-handed and unresponsive leadership led to Blair.    From Wordnik.com.  [Will The Bosses Pay?] Reference

It is fair to add that the long German occupation, with its many requisitions and high-handed interference, has embittered M.  D.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Better Germany in War Time Being some Facts towards Fellowship] Reference

So you can understand why families might be a little upset to have their concerns and fears dismissed in such a high-handed fashion.    From Wordnik.com.  ['Er' Uproar] Reference

However high-handed the justices appeared, they might have looked far worse trying to referee a true constitutional crisis in January.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Truth Behind The Pillars] Reference

But as he said he was always free, and such a high-handed murderer as he represented, he would go just as far to bring him to justice.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Woman's Life-Work — Labors and Experiences] Reference