haughty

Example Sentences

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“I think as I hold myself in protection, maybe it comes across as … you know,” she said without saying words such as aloof or haughty.

From Washington Post

Ruth would be an archetypal “cool” grandma were it not for her haughty bite and startling directness.

From New York Times

Block, a onetime Elphaba who herself won a Tony playing Cher, is an intriguing inheritor of the part: Her Norma is less haughty than clingy and more obsessively devoted to locking down Joe’s affections.

From Washington Post

He’s been selected to establish a new church in a small Icelandic community, but somewhere along his travels he has forgotten that crucial lesson about pride, destruction and haughty spirits.

From New York Times

He can be haughty, alienating the fans whose interests he claimed to be protecting when he locked players out three times during labor disputes.

From Los Angeles Times