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imperious

[im-peer-ee-uhs] / ɪmˈpɪər i əs /


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The race started in front of a record crowd of 175,000 fans with the expectation that Antonelli, imperious through the weekend, would cruise to a comfortable victory from pole position.

From BBC • Jul. 5, 2026

In Gainsborough’s painting Germain looks imperious and impenitent.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 13, 2026

The movie becomes increasingly surreal as Corvette, the Velvet Gang leader played by Keke Palmer, works to clean out the neon stores of an imperious designer played by Demi Moore.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 27, 2026

Those belts, if you’ll remember, were the trigger for Meryl Streep’s Oscar-nominated speech about how her imperious fashion magazine editor in chief Miranda Priestly creates trends that trickle down to the rest of us rabble.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 29, 2026

Edna was a trifle embarrassed at being thus signaled out for the imperious little woman’s favor.

From "The Awakening" by Kate Chopin




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