Sentence examples similar to a haughty nincompoop from inspiring English sources

For years, Boswell was considered a fool, a nincompoop, a fawning sycophant who, by chance, had produced a masterpiece.

She gives a haughty sniff.

They're a haughty bunch of people.

But Irina Dvorovenko was a haughty Gamzatti.

Putin has adopted a haughty, derisive tone toward the West.

And she was a haughty and compelling Odile.

"Big deal," Garfield retorted, in a haughty drag-queen lilt.

For years, Tilson Thomas had a reputation as a haughty and difficult colleague.

A haughty man, he antagonized his patrons and lived his last years in penury.

William inherited the gout, as well as a haughty temper and a strain of manic depression.

The net would respond with a haughty thwick before his feet touched the floor.