imperious

Example Sentences

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Bent on surviving the trip, she decides early to bury her feelings in an impenetrable “garb of stone” and to fashion for herself an imperious personality.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

The Scots landed seven scores and a half century of points against the previously imperious but now seriously beleaguered French.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

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

She was one of many authors he wrangled—alcoholic William Faulkner, neurotic Dr. Seuss, industrious James Michener, imperious Philip Roth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Sigh not for jealousy, Mrs. Fruhling—she cast no eye upon me, and I made no overtures to that imperious individual, being of far too plain and low a stature for Her Highness.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson