imperious
Example Sentences
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When Ohio State took the field against Miami here for the College Football Playoff quarterfinal, it was expected to mark the start of another imperious march toward the title game.
But Ana-Maria is no imperious popular princess—she’s nice to Lucia, responding with youthful awe when Lucia shyly shows her the scarlet lipstick that she got from her aunt in Paris.
He has, though, looked a shadow of his usual imperious self this season, with the worst recoveries per game during his Liverpool career, while tackles and interceptions are also down on last season.
From BBC
She said Summers was “not exactly socialized” and called him “imperious.”
Carelessly she laid her hand upon the desk to show off the emerald ring, and she spoke in the most imperious tone she could manage.
From Literature
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
