hauteur

Example Sentences

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With fitting hauteur, he built an imposing mansion overlooking a formal, Classical Revival garden of unbridled opulence.

From Washington Post

A return to her asymmetrical black hair mode, which she still carries off with great hauteur and charisma, although it is a pity this action movie doesn’t do her justice.

From The Guardian

John F. Kennedy, for all his Ivy League hauteur, was a master at deflecting criticism with self-aware irony.

From Washington Post

For her part, Grace, whom Ross endows with a layered mix of hauteur and decency, surveys Maggie with fascination as well as impatience.

From Los Angeles Times

With cinematic hauteur, Waldman then pans “400 miles north,” to a boy growing up at roughly the same time who was also fascinated by robots.

From New York Times