hauteur

Example Sentences

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“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

His critics often observed that he might have come much closer to his stated goals had he not expressed and pursued them with such ferocity and impatience, or treated his critics with such hauteur.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 13, 2023

Une sanction à la hauteur doit être immédiatement prononcée.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2022

Sliding, she charged by, talking to some other Charm Bracelet, both of them moving with that lazy, confident hauteur they all had.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides