hauteur
Example Sentences
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Her hauteur immediately catches the eye, and as she rides the crawling Ricardo Xavier while eating a banana, she looks like she belongs in that regal position.
From New York Times
The wives show up now and again in “The Woman King,” seated and standing in a cloud of regal hauteur.
From New York Times
With smug hauteur, she said: “You did when I was confirmed.”
From Washington Post
She’s playing the loneliness and the heartbreak and the rage, and the emotional lunacy, mental breakdown and hauteur.
From New York Times
Fernandez is a true opera singer, from Philadelphia, who effervesces with wonder and benign hauteur.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
