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Examples of high horse in a Sentence
I won't deal with you until you get off your high horse and stop patronizing me.
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That said, Stanbury is approaching the show with a much more expressive approach to showing her life after being knocked off her high horse last season.
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Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 3 June 2024
Come down off your high horse and do right by the legal, taxpaying citizens of your city!
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2024
The novel endures thanks to its keen understanding that many people in this town see movies as a metaphor, a proxy for other forms of currency: the tax break, the blind item, the call sheet, the high horse.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
But not enough to allow the Beavers to get on a high horse.
—oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2023
No Miss Piggy: Sounds like your partner is a bit up on his high horse regarding his workout routine.
—Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
Stay off your high horse while Mars aggravates Uranus.
—USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
Chase may be sitting on the high horse today—flush with deposits and sky-high interest income – but its day is coming soon as well.
—Don Muir, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
Getting off my high horse, here’s one of my extended puns — straight from the horse’s mouth.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
Shamira Ibrahim, Vulture, 3 June 2024
Come down off your high horse and do right by the legal, taxpaying citizens of your city!
—Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 24 Jan. 2024
The novel endures thanks to its keen understanding that many people in this town see movies as a metaphor, a proxy for other forms of currency: the tax break, the blind item, the call sheet, the high horse.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
But not enough to allow the Beavers to get on a high horse.
—oregonlive, 6 Sep. 2023
No Miss Piggy: Sounds like your partner is a bit up on his high horse regarding his workout routine.
—Annie Lane, Anchorage Daily News, 4 Aug. 2023
Stay off your high horse while Mars aggravates Uranus.
—USA TODAY, 26 June 2023
Chase may be sitting on the high horse today—flush with deposits and sky-high interest income – but its day is coming soon as well.
—Don Muir, Forbes, 20 Apr. 2023
Getting off my high horse, here’s one of my extended puns — straight from the horse’s mouth.
—Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Apr. 2023
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“High horse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/high%20horse. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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