imperious in English
his imperious demands
Use "imperious" in a sentence
1. His manner was abrupt and imperious.
2. All his imperious orders were obeyed.
3. Her attitude is imperious at times.
4. The imperious Browbeatings and scorn of …
5. She raised her hand in an imperious gesture.
6. The professor was as imperious as ever.
7. 29 She raised her hand in an imperious gesture.
8. Mary asked, still in her imperious little Indian way.
9. [1913 Webster] The imperious Browbeatings and scorn of great men
10. She put out an imperious hand to stop him.
11. Imperious, fractious ladies who minced along, holding up their saris.
12. She sent them away with an imperious wave of the hand.
13. All the same, he appeared a pretty imperious figure on casual encounter.
14. I am stopped mid-anecdote by an imperious tap on my shoulder.
15. He seem bored now; and he blinked at Mitchell with imperious indifference.
16. She was imperious and Indian, and at the same time hot and sorrowful.
17. There is, however, no earthly explanation for his imperious contributions on the rugby field.
18. The Times, in its imperious fashion, made a habit of sneering at Falls stunters.
19. His imperious father tells Alex he wishes it were him in the coffin.
20. He merely signed his name at the bottom of the sheet, firm, black and imperious.
21. Andrew enjoyed her company and respected her imperious resilience to the classic effects of drinking.
22. It was not just the fact that this imperious man was doing this for her.
23. Imperious, you mount a nag of thirty hands and trample me into the ground.
24. Bossy has many synonyms, such as pushy, overbearing, imperious, officious, high-handed, authoritarian, dictatorial, and controlling
25. The slum now began to stir into life , and the factory hooter sounded its imperious summons.
26. 1 The old nun was as imperious as ever , but visibly thawed when she saw the children.
27. But Ellington, a duke with an imperious streak, never wanted Strayhorn to stray far from his empire.
28. First up, Treleaven then hit an imperious five-iron pin-high to set out his stall.
29. There is plenty of lore and legend from Whitehall and Westminster to buttress the case for an imperious premiership.
30. The magistrate Swallow, imperious, yet insightful in the resounding portrayal of bass Louis Lebherz, presses the case for them.
31. The typical judge loves the rewards of office and tends to be imperious in asserting and defending them.
32. Even his friends concede that Pillsbury can be difficult, being something of a diva, hot-tempered and imperious.
33. And she had all morning and part of the afternoon to decide whether or not to accept this imperious invitation.
34. He chose a site for an aviary and gave very exact and imperious directions as to the materials and measurements.
35. 5 He chose a site for an aviary and gave very exact and imperious directions as to the materials and measurements.
36. Adjective (Informal) domineering, lordly, arrogant, authoritarian, oppressive, hectoring, autocratic, dictatorial, coercive, imperious, overbearing, tyrannical, despotic, high-handed She remembers being a rather Bossy little girl.
37. Verdict: Basically an S-class coupe, the Mercedes CL remains one of the most imperious ways of getting about. Superb ride and decent handling make it a proper old-school GT.
38. 25 Verdict: Basically an S-class coupe, the Mercedes CL remains one of the most imperious ways of getting about. Superb ride and decent handling make it a proper old-school GT.
39. ‘The first is the title track, a rocky soul Belter which sounds very similar indeed to En Vogue's imperious ‘Free Your Mind’ and is nearly as rousing.’ ‘It's a guitar thrashing, cymbal crashing, feedback climaxing Belter!’
40. ‘Robert confided that there are so many fabulous options for Coiffing hair to perfection regardless of the challenge or current hair situation.’ ‘So here she is on this bus, and the elderly gent sitting next to her is transfixed by the perfectly coiffed, frosted blonde hair, the imperious cheekbones and the effortlessly elegant, straight
41. ‘Robert confided that there are so many fabulous options for Coiffing hair to perfection regardless of the challenge or current hair situation.’ ‘So here she is on this bus, and the elderly gent sitting next to her is transfixed by the perfectly coiffed, frosted blonde hair, the imperious cheekbones and the effortlessly elegant, straight
42. In the midst of the Adulation, of the blares upon the trumpets of fame that saluted my waking and were wafted to me as I fell asleep at night—in the midst of all the turmoil, I was often in a great and brooding silence, longing for her, now with the imperious energy of passion, and now with the sad ache of love.