haughty

Example Sentences

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Her haughty line deliveries and imperious bone structure cut through the screen like a knife.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 25, 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

Can’t someone in the party emerge as the locus for all of our haughty anger?

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

Marie-France has always denied this and, at the stand, came across as haughty and frequently defiant in the face of the accusations levelled at her.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

How cold her voice, how haughty her manner, how hateful the look on her face.

From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn