haughtily

How To Use haughtily In A Sentence

• Which last, though blue beyond all shadow of doubt, yet manifested itself in divers quite ordinary ways as, -- in complexions of cream and roses; in skins sallow and wrinkled; in noses haughtily Roman or patricianly Greek, in noses mottled and unclassically uplifted; in black hair, white hair, yellow, brown, and red hair; -- such combinations as he had seen many and many The Amateur Gentleman
• From the dissolution of feudal ties emerge squabbling subjects nursing secret grievances, haughtily guarding caste privileges, or jealously policing petty distinctions.
• “Counsel was never bewrayed by me,” said De Bracy, haughtily, “nor must the name of villain be coupled with mine!” Ivanhoe
• The high slate-coloured walls and towers still stood imposingly on the rise above the village, haughtily stretching towards the heavens.
• Until that day, Panshin had always treated Lavretsky, not exactly haughtily, but at least condescendingly; but Lisa, in describing her expedition of the previous day to Panshin, had spoken of Lavretsky as an excellent and clever man, that was enough; he felt bound to make a conquest of an ‘excellent man. Chapter XXVIII
• 'She received me haughtily: she meted out a wide space between us, and kept me aloof by the reserved gesture, the rare and alienated glance, the word calmly civil.' Shirley, by Charlotte Bronte
• after allowing Memorial to be submitted for the TSEP by her publisher, Faber & Faber: "I'm uncomfortable about the fact that Aurum Funds, an investment company which exclusively manages funds of hedge funds, is sponsoring the administration of the Eliot Prize; I think poetry should be questioning not endorsing such institutions and for that reason I'm withdrawing from the Eliot shortlist," the UK dame I shall neither promo nor name haughtily opined. The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed
• ‘Well so are you,’ Krist returned haughtily, in his snooty, hoity-toity accent.
• A large evergreen tree sat haughtily in one corner as a cluster of Raleigh students adorned it with ornaments, baubles and hand-made trinkets.
• “That’s exactly what I’m going to do,” he called haughtily over his shoulder. The Ex Games