How to use "supercilious" in sentences with meaning in English and Hindi

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Example sentences for "supercilious" in popular movie and book plots

  • Laurence and Granby observe privately that the greedy Caesar and supercilious Rankin deserve each other.  - Tongues of Serpents
  • They soon arrive at the home of her uncle Jarvis Johnson, a snobby rich man with supercilious wife.  - If I Had My Way
  • He soon finds himself in a battle of wills with his first officer, the sadistic and supercilious first lieutenant, mr Scott-Padget (Bogarde).  - H.M.S. Defiant

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