Despite his open protests and subterraneous counter-mining, war was actually declared against Sweden in 1675, and his subsequent policy seemed so obscure and hazardous to those who did not possess the clue to the perhaps purposely tangled skein, that the numerous enemies whom his arrogance and superciliousness had raised up against him, resolved to destroy him.   anvd [Please select]

It was the faintest of movements, but the superciliousness of the action smote upon Nora, who colored painfully.   anvd [Please select]

I thought he rather overdid his superciliousness and that he treated you a little as if he were your husband.   anvd [Please select]

Yberville, who as much as any of them resented the superciliousness of his noble compatriot, never wavered in loyalty to Captain Blood.   anvd [Please select]

Knox's superciliousness dip down deep into the relationships begun a score of years ago.   anvd [Please select]

He hated the noise, the smell, the grime, the overalls, the men he worked with, the smug superciliousness of his especial "boss."   anvd [Please select]

Darwin with the superciliousness of a young schoolmaster looking over a boy’s theme, it is difficult not to take him more seriously than he deserves or perhaps desires.   anvd [Please select]