Those things don't come from the hoi-polloi, and I say that without meaning an iota of superciliousness. |
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You can recognise the man in embryo, marked by strong subservience to those above and superciliousness to those below him. |
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They embraced the young woman and her child with heartfelt sisterly affection, without a trace of superciliousness. |
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Men want to take the joy out of wine, and replace it with snobbery, superciliousness, and another opportunity for sexism. |
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The superciliousness of the educated knows no end, and may even betray a final anxiety. |
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The superciliousness of some French-speaking inhabitants also has no limits. |
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There is nothing to be said in favour of deficient self-confidence or of populist self-laceration, nor indeed of superciliousness or arrogance. |
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His art could be confused for Pop, but it had none of the superciliousness and smugness that makes ninety-nine per cent of Pop so aggravating. |
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The world deserves better than testosterone on one side and superciliousness on the other. |
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Mr. Cheysson did not lack that French quality of honneur that some Americans interpret as superciliousness. |
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The superciliousness, self-absorption, and hostility to strangers among the Fuller's crew were highlighted, perhaps, by the beauty and drama of the place, but they were not unusual. |
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Is it a picture of bemused sophistication or of starchy superciliousness? |
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She's up close to the audience, and hints of superciliousness surface on her otherwise impassive face, an undercurrent of contempt that runs through the whole show. |
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They have smashed local economies, broken the backs of the farmers, forced their contractors to drive down wages, shrugged off complaints with a superciliousness born of the knowledge that they were unchallengeable. |
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Fred, a young nurse, stumbles into the stony scenery of the Swiss Jura, but especially into the superciliousness of a cold and authoritarian father. |
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They became known in Washington for a Brahmin superciliousness, tending to cruelty, which did not endear them to those whose non-Brahmin backgrounds made them sensitive to it, such as Lyndon Johnson. |
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