imperious

Example Sentences

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But satisfaction isn’t in the cards for this general’s daughter, famed for her beauty and imperious style.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

In the halfpipe training she did do she looked in imperious form, and qualified for Saturday's final in fifth place, with Great Britain's Zoe Atkin, also a Stanford student, topping the standings.

From BBC • Feb. 19, 2026

And so the imperious patriarch, Whitelaw Redfellow—played by a shadowy, barely seen figure who is only toward the end revealed to be Ed Harris—casts her out of the family estate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

The Spaniard was imperious after a slow start in dismissing the 38-year-old, 2-6, 6-2, 6-3, 7-5 on Rod Laver Arena to claim a seventh Slam title and cement himself as undisputed world number one.

From Barron's • Feb. 1, 2026

With some you postured and with some you groveled and with some you were imperious.

From "The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War" by Michael Shaara