imposingly
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The mild-mannered yet imposingly masculine Andrew is quietly appealing as he deals with his erratic wife’s sudden tantrums and plate-shattering outbursts.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
Two cruise ships tower imposingly over a sleepy port in the Brazilian Amazon where some 50,000 people are gathering for a UN climate conference.
From Barron's ● Nov. 9, 2025
The building, dating back to the late 19th Century, sits imposingly on the high street and has been on sale for a handful of change shy of £250,000.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2023
Often this kind of transformation is done for comically villainous effect, whether it’s Colin Farrell’s Penguin in “The Batman” or Emma Thompson’s imposingly evil Miss Trunchbull in “Roald Dahl’s Matilda the Musical.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2022
After a brief voyage farther along Broadway the suppliant outcasts entered a great hall imposingly decorated with winged bulls and other Assyrian symbols.
From What Will People Say? A novel by Rupert Hughes
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