hauteur
Example Sentences
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Endowed with a formidable hauteur, her Jocasta acts graciously, but with an unmistakable note of condescension.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 13, 2025
“Whatever nomenclature you prefer,” Elizabeth offers, accentuating her speech with oozing hauteur.
From Salon • Apr. 5, 2024
As a character, Miss Liza Jane combines the hauteur of opera diva Jessye Norman and the sermonizing wisdom of Maya Angelou.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 29, 2023
Une sanction à la hauteur doit être immédiatement prononcée.
From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2022
Some critics have even drawn parallels between McCandless and the Arctic’s most infamous tragic figure, Sir John Franklin, a nineteenth-century British naval officer whose smugness and hauteur contributed to some 140 deaths, including his own.
From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
