in a superior way
Example Sentences
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Joe looked at her in a superior way.
From "Miracles on Maple Hill" by Virginia Sorensen
The worst of it was that he had always thought himself clever, and in his critical writings he had sneered in a superior way at the inventions of contemporary novelists.
From Fair Margaret A Portrait by Horace T. Carpenter
On his return from dumping the next load, Newton seemed, in a superior way, quite amiably disposed toward his workfellow—rather the habitual thing in the neighborhood.
From The Brown Mouse by Herbert Quick
She walked indifferently about, examining this and that object in a superior way, asking how he came to obtain the studio, congratulating him upon his good luck.
From The "Genius" by Theodore Dreiser
The young man laughed in a superior way and then looked apprehensively at the other.
From Simon by J. Storer (Joseph Storer) Clouston
