haughty

Example Sentences

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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

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

Can’t someone in the party emerge as the locus for all of our haughty anger?

From Slate • Jun. 6, 2025

Marie-France has always denied this and, at the stand, came across as haughty and frequently defiant in the face of the accusations levelled at her.

From BBC • Mar. 1, 2025

She didn’t look haughty or hostile, the way she usually did.

From "The Darkest Minds" by Alexandra Bracken