Several colossal, yet dormant, volcanoes lorded over a steamy jungle realm of rice paddies, nipa huts, majestic palm trees, and lush undergrowth. |
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For years he and his companions had lorded over the unruled people of the south. |
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Having lorded in the first division for the past five seasons we all wondered when would the glory days return. |
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Their contempt for those they lorded it over never diminished. |
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Patronage from the leader of your party would be the way to get lorded. |
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MacGregor eventually agreed but lorded it over the unions by holding them at the Ritz and then at his flat in Belgravia. |
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For a decade, American Idol has lorded it as the most-watched show in America – but tonight it faces a new test. |
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For 33 years he lorded it over this Malaysian state on the island of Borneo, once densely forested and still rich in oil. |
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Meanwhile, in Kenya, which has long lorded it over its poorer neighbour, exploration firms keep drilling dry holes, to Ugandans' delight. |
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Both, therefore, are the natural enemies of the businessmen and their politician cronies who lorded it in the Suharto days. |
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Now I lorded above this billowy sea, along with myriad mountaintops – like VIPs in a secret realm. |
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The side which has absolutely lorded it over English club rugby for the best part of a decade have shown that their horizons have stretched outside domestic domination. |
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The outcome was a fair one though, as the Paraguayans had lorded it over the Asians for long periods of the game. |
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It did not tempt him to see himself as having an authority which was to be lorded over others. |
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The Kerry full forward line destroyed Mayo and they lorded midfield winning over 90 per cent of the kickouts. |
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The questions relative to who lorded over the City diverted, in a large part, the attention of the bishops from more spiritual and pastoral problems. |
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Two decades later Cruyff, by then Barca coach, presided over another 5-0 drubbing, as his Dream Team lorded it over their rivals at the Camp Nou, with Romario running Francisco Buyo ragged and scoring an exquisite hat-trick. |
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Manchester United have lorded it over their cross-city rivals for many a long year, but their newly-rich neighbours can now look the Red Devils firmly in the eye without flinching. |
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After 1917, Russian communists lorded over the backward Central Asian region, controlling the local Communist Party branches, the security ministry, and industrial concerns. |
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He lorded over Cashman, to be sure, but he also needed him. |
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New Zealand lorded it over the milk market. |
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The myth of the Loyalists as seen through Canadian eyes is that they were a lot of upper-class snobs who thought they owned the country and lorded it over later immigrants, as some of their offspring indeed attempted to do. |
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