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But to do that with something like “The Odyssey” is unnecessary, even haughty.

From Salon ● Jul. 18, 2026

Her haughty line deliveries and imperious bone structure cut through the screen like a knife.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 25, 2026

Her one condition, delivered in the haughty tone of an offended aristocrat, was that they sign a note guaranteeing repayment for the damage.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 19, 2025

In Ava Pickett's fresh adaptation, being staged at London's Rose Theatre, Emma Woodhouse still has all the trademark traits of our beloved original heroine – she's clever, quick-witted, meddling, haughty and occasionally cruel.

From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2025

He looked up—a slender, haughty face: G. Moxley Sorrel, Longstreet’s chief of staff.

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

The band lifts it up — the higher, the haughtier.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2023

But it also had the haughtier, more conceptual imprimatur of Post-Minimalism, arguably the last avant-garde art movement of classic modernism.

From New York Times ● Aug. 20, 2021

If Mr. Abloh’s roots in the street wear universe drew some clucking from the fashion world’s haughtier roosts, few would deny that a meaningful day was unfolding.

From New York Times ● Jun. 29, 2018

Today, you’ll find the haughtier designer shops closest to the Public Garden, but increasingly funkier boutiques as you walk west toward Massachusetts Avenue.

From New York Times ● Sep. 16, 2015

Facing down her own death, with the hissing of the sea behind her and the night spread out like a cape, she seemed to have grown taller, haughtier.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee

The tale of Orpheus, whose song softens the hearts of the haughtiest deities, morphed into the spectacle of the famously demanding La Scala patrons, sitting in judgment on operatic superstars.

From New York Times ● Apr. 20, 2018

Inevitably, the haughtiest of haute cuisine artists will replace trendy menu items like ramps and aioli with space-sourced foodstuffs.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2015

Even the haughtiest of security hackers—those technologists whose skills are channeled toward fortifying computer security—who had earlier snubbed Anonymous cheered on LulzSec.

From Slate ● Dec. 8, 2014

Even the haughtiest firms must dance to the piper’s tune.

From Economist ● Sep. 11, 2014

They exchanged glances; then Mal shrugged and put on her haughtiest, most unflinching face.

From "Impossible Creatures" by Katherine Rundell