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

In Ava Pickett's fresh adaptation, being staged at London's Rose Theatre, Emma Woodhouse still has all the trademark traits of our beloved original heroine – she's clever, quick-witted, meddling, haughty and occasionally cruel.

From BBC • Sep. 20, 2025

The air of prestige and haughty pretension that surrounds even the mere mention of the Cannes Film Festival might not conjure the words “shark movie” in your mind.

From Salon • Jun. 8, 2025

You can be sure, Omakayas thought, her face taking on a faraway, haughty expression, she would be slow in answering!

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich