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Meanings of haughty air in English

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Usage of haughty air in English
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The curtains fell back, and Ruggiero Mocenigo entered with a haughty air.
The Lion of Saint Mark: A Story of Venice in the Fourteenth Cent...
2
Notwithstanding her haughty air, she was said to be very good and kind.
The Dream
3
He had no longer that haughty air, but was very affable.
Bel Ami; Or, The History of a Scoundrel: A Novel
4
They assumed their ancient haughty air; but Tracy was in no mood for this.
The Jesuit Missions : A Chronicle of the Cross in the Wilderness
5
I expostulated; and, offensive as was his haughty air, even had recourse to entreaty.
A Voyage to the Moon / With Some Account of the Manners and Cust...
6
The people said: There is a rich man who has not a haughty air.
Les Misérables
7
The big lackeys whispered among themselves, looking with a haughty air upon the base intruder.
The Life of John Clare
8
He put on a stern and a haughty air.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction
9
His guard would stand about, and with a haughty air he would approach the well solus.
Waysiders, Stories of Connacht
10
He wore his haughty air with considerable pride.
The grail king
11
Now brace up, Elise; put on your most haughty air and look as dignified as a duchess.
Patty in Paris
12
He was a young fellow of medium height, but robust appearance, with a gloomy and haughty air.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 06 — Fiction
13
WAIFE (jerking up his head with a haughty air).-So-so!
What Will He Do with It? — Complete
14
After having got over the first embarrassment, he put on again his haughty air, and ruled the roast.
Memoirs of Louis XIV and His Court and of the Regency — Volume 0...
15
He sought out the man he knew must be Colonel Roth by his haughty air and his stripes.
The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign; Or, the Struggle to Save ...
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Here she assumed a haughty air.
The Actress in High Life / An Episode in Winter Quarters
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