haughty
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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
That naturally leaves room for everyday people to feel as if research is a haughty, fringe, and costly enterprise whose benefits they’re thoroughly excluded from.
From Slate • Jun. 27, 2025
The air of prestige and haughty pretension that surrounds even the mere mention of the Cannes Film Festival might not conjure the words “shark movie” in your mind.
From Salon • Jun. 8, 2025
She would also affect, with the Mr. Agbo Voice, a slight raising of her eyebrows in what she imagined was a haughty foreigner pose.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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