Příklady supercilious

• Or perhaps that is not the way the slightly supercilious young assistant sees me.

• He knew very well that he was entangling her in helpless humiliation: it was another way of smiling at her ironically, and taking the air of a supercilious mentor.

• It is the very hostile and supercilious attitude adopted towards local authorities.

• It would be to display a supercilious, indeed arrogant, attitude and would therefore be a great mistake simply to ignore this.

• I would say to everyone within hearing of my voice: we should not be so bombastic or so supercilious.

• They know that the tone of their remarks was supercilious, sarcastic and quite unnecessary.

• I thought that that was a rather supercilious remark but, having said that, he went on to talk about the enforcement of fines.

• He is endeavouring to make them and to be supercilious.

• Supercilious references have been made to the motor ear, but the motor car is a crucial factor.

• Then we find supercilious people, who have always had assured incomes, talking about deterioration.

• He may be a supercilious fellow, but it did him and his party no credit when he poked fun at such a serious subject.

• This is too important a matter on which to be supercilious.

• Too many of its officials often give the appearance of being supercilious and bored.

• After they had argued and talked, the clerk who was doing the business said in a supercilious tone that he would reconsider it.

• That type of supercilious speech ends in electoral defeat.