haughty

Example Sentences

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Surely, these can’t be two artists whose work is so frequently accused of haughty, style-obsessed self-importance?

From Salon • Mar. 27, 2026

Her one condition, delivered in the haughty tone of an offended aristocrat, was that they sign a note guaranteeing repayment for the damage.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 19, 2025

That naturally leaves room for everyday people to feel as if research is a haughty, fringe, and costly enterprise whose benefits they’re thoroughly excluded from.

From Slate • Jun. 27, 2025

The mute was maddening, but the mute was magnificent, the daily humbling of a haughty hack, an humiliating dose of accountability in a world dominated by thoughtless hot takes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025

The three wives of academicians went for a walk up the lane, haughty and masked, unimpressed by the spectacle.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson