imperious

Example Sentences

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The Scots landed seven scores and a half century of points against the previously imperious but now seriously beleaguered French.

From BBC • Mar. 7, 2026

But satisfaction isn’t in the cards for this general’s daughter, famed for her beauty and imperious style.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 25, 2026

And so the imperious patriarch, Whitelaw Redfellow—played by a shadowy, barely seen figure who is only toward the end revealed to be Ed Harris—casts her out of the family estate.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

She was into her fourth Australian Open final in a row and had been imperious until now, with tears in her eyes at the end.

From Barron's • Jan. 31, 2026

Marian remembered her grandmother Isabella as an imposing woman, tall and imperious, who ruled her family with an iron hand.

From "The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights" by Russell Freedman