Sentence examples for a high flier from inspiring English sources

PMI, like rivals Radian and MGIC, was once a high flier during the mortgage boom.

Ms. Lo's days as a high flier might have been over.

Its stock was a high flier during the 1990's technology boom.

It reminded me of the pride with which he once introduced me, in his days as a high flier who hobnobbed with generals and coup plotters in Quito, to Ecuadorean President León Febres Cordero.

An expert in international law, Taub is regarded as a high flier in the Israeli diplomatic service, having served as legal adviser to Israel's missions to the UN in New York and Geneva.

So it was no shock to fund managers when news broke this week that Philippe Jabre, a high flier who was fined by Britain's financial regulator just months ago for market abuse, has reinvented himself in Switzerland and found some deep-pocketed investors to back him.

With 39 applicants vying for a place for each graduate scheme in the UK last year, according to a High Fliers report, graduates can definitely expect to face tough competition when it comes to securing that 'golden ticket' on a scheme.

Microsoft isn't exactly buying a high-flier.

Roger Wootton was a high-flier in more ways than one.

He was a high-flier, charismatic, a mover and a shaker in the banking world.

The humility might be an object lesson to many a high-flier whose fame burns out before they know it.