Those who are surly and imperious to their inferiors, are generally humble, flattering, and cringing to their superiors. From LearnThat.org. [Thomas Fuller]
Britain - for taking an "imperious" attitude toward Zimbabwe by dictating how the government in Harare should behave. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Now she looked into his eyes with a kind of imperious reasonableness. From Wordnik.com. [Children of the Desert] Reference
Dismissed the matter with an imperious wave of her hand. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Mrs. Prendergast looked across at Eva, her expression imperious. From Wordnik.com. [Winter Bloom] Reference
Jagger became unbearable over the years and reveals he also calls the imperious lead singer. From Wordnik.com. [canada.com Top Stories] Reference
Imposing time frames was "imperious," he said in his letter to. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Describing Ledley King as "imperious" is hardly ground-breaking. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News | News Front Page | UK Edition] Reference
Personally, Id much rather be "imperious", but hey that's just me. From Wordnik.com. [Xboxic] Reference
DrJ3 wrote: That kind of imperious behavior stinks in either party. From Wordnik.com. [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference
He's what people call imperious; but that isn't bad in a man, is it? ". From Wordnik.com. [Rachel Ray, volume 2] Reference
He’s what people call imperious; but that isn’t bad in a man, is it?”. From Wordnik.com. [Rachel Ray] Reference
Asked to indicate to this reporter the instances of an "imperious" and "demanding" tone. From Wordnik.com. [PaloAltoOnline.com] Reference
The Birmingham manager described Barry Ferguson as "imperious", although he also admitted. From Wordnik.com. [The Guardian World News] Reference
The young man slowly turned from the door, and fixing his eyes upon his father, advanced toward him with a kind of imperious insolence. From Wordnik.com. [Trumps] Reference
Its attitude toward customers is not imperious but irrepressible. From Wordnik.com. [Joel Klein, Entrepreneur] Reference
I'm not saying this about Mukasey, but a lot of judges can be imperious. From Wordnik.com. [Can Mukasey Manage?] Reference
Her reputation as an imperious diva leaves the door open for a surprise. From Wordnik.com. [Oscar's Uncertainties] Reference
Streep, smartly, doesn't try to emulate Angela Lansbury's steely, imperious ferocity. From Wordnik.com. [REVIEW, SEIZING THE THRONE] Reference
Doing what America wants is seen as carrying out orders from an imperious superpower. From Wordnik.com. [Don't Feed The Fundamentalists] Reference
Visionary and imperious, Perot and Gingrich were sidelined by their own personalities. From Wordnik.com. [Sputtering And Sulking On The Sidelines] Reference
His imperious tactics may ultimately weaken rather than strengthen Musharraf's position. From Wordnik.com. [Perils Of Power] Reference
Judi Dench is the imperious Queen Elizabeth; she cuts a trenchant and commanding figure. From Wordnik.com. [Brush Up Your Shakespeare] Reference
Haiti's once and perhaps future leader can be prickly, imperious, vacillating and whiny. From Wordnik.com. [Our Man In Haiti] Reference
It's not always pretty: Welles comes off as an imperious, duplicitous, philandering brat. From Wordnik.com. [‘Me and Orson Welles’: The Boy-Wonder Years] Reference
He's running an imperious, TV-based operation that spits in the face of parties and the press. From Wordnik.com. [Running Scared] Reference
Its imperious elite still feels destined to lead not only the continent but also the black race. From Wordnik.com. [Africa's Greatest Hope--And Danger] Reference
In general, though, this is the Bolshoi as we remember them of old: grand, imperious and dazzling. From Wordnik.com. [Spartacus; Laurencia] Reference
"Yes," she replied, with an imperious tone, as if she expected that the pleasure would be all mine. From Wordnik.com. [Battle of the Bulging British Bridesmaids] Reference
One of the scariest characters in the theatrical world, he was super-famous, volatile and imperious. From Wordnik.com. [Patrizia Chen: Sax and the City] Reference
Sununu had been dictatorial and imperious, refusing to return the phone calls of some cabinet officers. From Wordnik.com. [Taking The Heat In The White House] Reference
Sununu is so imperious that administration officials call him "King John," more out of fear than reverence. From Wordnik.com. [The Reign Of 'King John'] Reference
He treats ranking members of Congress who ask him for information with the same imperious attitude he uses with the media. From Wordnik.com. [Capitol Letter: Rare Candor] Reference
Robinson's outsider status and imperious style led to clashes with some longtime Williams deputies, former co-workers said. From Wordnik.com. [In D.C.'s Ward 6, Wells's progressive agenda assailed as out of touch] Reference
This idea strikes many serious people as naive and grandiose at best, dangerously imperious and counter-productive at worst. From Wordnik.com. [Living Politics: Why the Race is Looking so Good for Bush] Reference
Whether querulous or imperious, attentive or overbearing, warm or waspish, surcease or succubus, she is as central as the sun. From Wordnik.com. [A New Roof On An Old House] Reference
The Forest is set on the estate of imperious, upper-class Raisa (Dianne Wiest) who fashions herself a charitable, generous soul. From Wordnik.com. [Fern Siegel: Stage Door: Everyday Rapture, The Forest, The Subject Was Roses] Reference
But like Thatcher, Campbell can also be an imperious spitfire: patronizing to friend and foe alike, reckless with her cutting tongue. From Wordnik.com. [Canada's Mrs. Thatcher?] Reference
In his last years, Pius XII was a recluse; access to him was strictly controlled by his imperious house-keeper, Mother Pascalina Lehnert. From Wordnik.com. [The Flying Pope Gets Grounded] Reference
In his daily interactions, Giuliani can be arrogant, abrasive and imperious, an average-size man trying too hard to prove himself a giant. From Wordnik.com. [Master of Disaster] Reference
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