haughty
Example Sentences
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The matron had responded with a haughty “Impossible.”
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Beneath the haughty tilt of her chin, her eyes filled with tears, and her lips shook.
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Her haughty line deliveries and imperious bone structure cut through the screen like a knife.
From Los Angeles Times
The cruelest, the proudest, the most superior and haughty.
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Her one condition, delivered in the haughty tone of an offended aristocrat, was that they sign a note guaranteeing repayment for the damage.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.