supercilious

Example Sentences

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Most memorable is the exit of Pozzo and Lucky that finds Pozzo slowly pushing Lucky in his wheelchair—illustrating the idea that there remains a bedrock of humanity even in this supercilious boor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Sep. 29, 2025

Aldridge’s Stanley is as obtuse as he is supercilious, a dangerous combination for Francis and a hilarious one for us.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

He accused her comments of being "supercilious lectures from someone who thinks they are superior on these issues".

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2025

But they are united in their certainty that their decisions, not the gripes of some supercilious state legislators, are the law of the land.

From Slate • Sep. 5, 2023

Their officers claimed, with supercilious air, that they practiced speed and marksmanship in case the French should invade; but we all of us knew for what eventuality they prepared.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson