Example Sentences

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Geoengineering experiments carried out high-handedly or without due respect for sensible concerns would be damaging.

From Economist • Dec. 11, 2014

For three decades Premier Hun Sen has ruled the nation high-handedly.

From Forbes • Oct. 27, 2014

But to Joan, it’s just another man high-handedly taking away her agency and expecting to be thanked for it.

From Time • May 7, 2013

Unilaterally and high-handedly, I've omitted those books that delighted them but bored me comatose.

From The Guardian • Aug. 3, 2011

Until the end of 1812, Caracas was treated high-handedly and was very cruelly punished for all interest it had manifested in, and all support it had given to, the cause of independence.

From Simon Bolivar, the Liberator by Sherwell, Guillermo A.