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

“That was great fun,” Augé said backstage at the festival the next morning, looking only a little less imposingly cool dressed in satiny civilian clothes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2024

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

Perhaps that sun itself, which now beams so imposingly, is only an old warmed-up jest.

From The Prose Writings of Heinrich Heine by Heine, Heinrich