imperious
adjective
J. F. Kennedy
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Examples of imperious in a Sentence
Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Mar. 2024
The 21-time Oscar nominee – and arguably the best to ever do it – weaves a vulnerability into her imperious role as Thatcher rises from a lower-class outsider to ruler of the country during the tumultuous 1980s.
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—Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
While he’s not been able to reach his imperious best for a while, the fact Murray is still playing on the tour after all his injuries is a feat in itself.
—Ben Church, CNN, 21 Feb. 2024
Arsenal looked imperious in almost every aspect of the match, smothering its opponent and creating chance after chance in front of its boisterous home fans.
—Ben Church, CNN, 25 Feb. 2024
During the evening session of the second day at Rajkot, Duckett was imperious, unstoppable and running the hosts ragged.
—Tim Ellis, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
At the same time Madrid was imperious in its domestic title-chasing clash, Bayern Munich was falling to an embarrassing 3-0 loss at Bayer Leverkusen in its own table-topping game.
—Graham Dunbar, USA TODAY, 11 Feb. 2024
The grand finale of the week was a tour of the home of Gunsite’s late founder, an imperious and erudite racist named Jeff Cooper.
—Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
Kevin De Bruyne was in imperious form yet again and was heavily involved in all three goals.
—Ben Church, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
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Word History
borrowed from Latin imperiōsus "exercising authority, domineering," from imperium "authority over family members and slaves exercised by the head of a household, supreme administrative authority, dominion" + -ōsus -ous — more at empire
1529, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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“Imperious.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/imperious. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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