HAUGHTY in a Sentence
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74 example sentences for HAUGHTY, such as:
1. Or they uttered haughty comments.
2. I was called smug and haughty for simply not following this personal soap opera.
3. He opened his mouth to reply, but with a haughty gesture the cardinal dismissed him.
4. One day, a haughty cook, a cordon bleu, of the lofty race of porters, presented herself.
5. He had an affable and haughty air, and a mouth which was always smiling, since it did not shut.
2. I was called smug and haughty for simply not following this personal soap opera.
3. He opened his mouth to reply, but with a haughty gesture the cardinal dismissed him.
4. One day, a haughty cook, a cordon bleu, of the lofty race of porters, presented herself.
5. He had an affable and haughty air, and a mouth which was always smiling, since it did not shut.
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Meanings and Examples of HAUGHTY
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haughty
a. having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy
Classic Sentence: (70 in 5 pages)
1 The people said: "There is a rich man who has not a haughty air."
Les Misérables 1 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE
Context Highlight In BOOK 5: CHAPTER III—SUMS DEPOSITED WITH LAFFITTE
2 He was stoical, serious, austere; a melancholy dreamer, humble and haughty, like fanatics.
3 Erect, haughty, brilliant, he flaunted abroad in open day the superhuman bestiality of a ferocious archangel.
4 The curious thing is the haughty, superior, and compassionate airs which this groping philosophy assumes towards the philosophy which beholds God.
Les Misérables 2 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI—THE ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF PRAYER
Context Highlight In BOOK 7: CHAPTER VI—THE ABSOLUTE GOODNESS OF PRAYER
5 One day, a haughty cook, a cordon bleu, of the lofty race of porters, presented herself.
6 s the society was superior, taste was exquisite and haughty, under the cover of a great show of politeness.
7 He had an affable and haughty air, and a mouth which was always smiling, since it did not shut.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER
Context Highlight In BOOK 1: CHAPTER XVI—HOW FROM A BROTHER ONE BECOMES A FATHER
8 Or they uttered haughty comments.
9 The grandfather, haughty, with head held high, amalgamating more than ever in his toilet and his manners all the elegances of the epoch of Barras, escorted Cosette.
Les Misérables 5 By Victor Hugo
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING
Context Highlight In BOOK 6: CHAPTER II—JEAN VALJEAN STILL WEARS HIS ARM IN A SLING
10 The center of the most animated group was a Musketeer of great height and haughty countenance, dressed in a costume so peculiar as to attract general attention.
11 At this word APOLOGIES, a cloud passed over the brow of Athos, a haughty smile curled the lip of Porthos, and a negative sign was the reply of Aramis.
The Three Musketeers By Alexandre Dumas
Context Highlight In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS
Context Highlight In 5 THE KING'S MUSKETEERS AND THE CARDINAL'S GUARDS
12 D'Artagnan observed, on the bench nearest to the pillar against which Porthos leaned, a sort of ripe beauty, rather yellow and rather dry, but erect and haughty under her black hood.
13 He opened his mouth to reply, but with a haughty gesture the cardinal dismissed him.
14 All that the heart of a woman could contain of haughty contempt and disdainful words, I poured out upon this man.
15 Her pale lashless eyes looked directly and uncompromisingly upon the world and her thin lips were ever set in haughty tightness.
Example Sentence:
1 "Indeed, mama, but you can -- and will," pronounced the haughty voice of Blanche, as she turned round on the piano-stool.
2 I was called smug and haughty for simply not following this personal soap opera.
3 "Indeed, mama, " pronounced the haughty voice of Blanche, as she turned round on the piano-stool; where till now she had sat silent, apparently examining sundry sheets of music.
4 When she realized that Darcy believed himself too good to dance with his inferiors, Elizabeth took great offense at his haughtiness.