How to Use imperious in a Sentence

imperious

adjective

• The look was imperious, and the feeling had to be cold and a bit painful.
  — Merle Ginsberg, HollywoodReporter, 5 May 2026
• Tucked in among ferns and spongy beds of moss, the pale green sculptures are imposing, even imperious.
  — National Geographic, 15 Sep. 2020
• The 22-year-old has looked imperious on his way to the final four, not dropping a set.
  — Ben Morse, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
• The address marked a shift for a man protesters have branded as out-of-touch and imperious.
  — Noemie Bisserbe, WSJ, 10 Dec. 2018
• The iconic staircase walk isn’t so much an imperious return as a dash toward old friends.
  — Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 22 June 2024
• The more heavy-handed and imperious the top dog becomes, the stronger your rallying cry grows.
  — Jeremy Andrus, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2021
• In an act of imperious adolescent spite, that trombone player had opened his bottle and poured the oil on my head.
  — Washington Post, 8 Apr. 2022
• The old, imperious king of the parquet, Kyrie, is gone, long live the new king, Kemba.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 17 July 2019
• That is a big part of it but a team that has been imperious for so long shouldn’t capitulate like this because one player is out.
  — Joe Prince-Wright, Nbc Sports, NBC News, 1 Dec. 2024
• Kevin De Bruyne was in imperious form yet again and was heavily involved in all three goals.
  — Ben Church, CNN, 14 Feb. 2024
• Djokovic hit back in an imperious second set and took control of the decider with a strong service game to move 4-1 up.
  — Jerome Pugmire, ajc, 6 Nov. 2021
• Krieps plays Sisi with both imperious grandeur and a sense of humor, a fine line to walk, even on slender, regal ankles.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 23 Dec. 2022
• The imperious Citizens flew out of the blocks and banged three goals in the first 18 minutes.
  — SI.com, 25 Aug. 2017
• How the imperious head of one of fashion’s most compelling brands maintains her influence on clothes and culture.
  — Molly Young, GQ, 20 Mar. 2018
• Manchester City have looked imperious in some moments but limp at others.
  — Nick Miller, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2026
• Van Dijk is the best version of imperious, so of course captain confident makes it.
  — Rory Smith, The Athletic, 25 Dec. 2024
• Americans of a certain type can be just as imperious as their European cousins.
  — Louis J. Esterhazy, Footwear News, 7 Sep. 2025
• And Palace, who are in imperious away form, will feel optimistic about their chances to at least progress to Wembley.
  — Matt Woosnam, New York Times, 27 Mar. 2025
• Critics saw an imperious leader with an appetite for lavish spending.
  — Greg Bluestein, AJC.com, 26 Jan. 2026
• Her hands-on assists are safe, spot-on, and right in the moment and her attitude in class is always friendly and helpful, not imperious.
  — cleveland, 16 Jan. 2020
• Set back from the road behind a low wall, the 1920s building is both stately and slightly imperious.
  — Audrey Phoon, Condé Nast Traveler, 5 Mar. 2018
• But satisfaction isn’t in the cards for this general’s daughter, famed for her beauty and imperious style.
  — Theater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
• Both models are all-wheel-drive and offer 536 horsepower, but which is the better fit for an imperious luxo-sedan?
  — Greg Pajo, Car and Driver, 10 Aug. 2023
• To the clonk of heels striking the floor, a pair of imperious silhouettes converge upon the same elevator.
  — Chop Choppish Shop, Air Mail, 11 Apr. 2026
• Steele’s portrayal of imperious, glamorous Tanya provides some of the show’s biggest laughs.
  — R. Daniel Foster, Forbes.com, 26 June 2026
• The Tiger Woods who spoke this week at The Masters seemed more nostalgic than imperious.
  — Jim Souhan, Star Tribune, 11 Nov. 2020
• The grand finale of the week was a tour of the home of Gunsite’s late founder, an imperious and erudite racist named Jeff Cooper.
  — Rachel Monroe, The New Yorker, 23 Sep. 2023
• He was taken under the wing of the imperious king-maker, the artist manager Ronald Wilford.
  — Mark Swed, latimes.com, 21 Dec. 2017
• This is how the telecoms-equipment industry works, with Huawei imperious around the world but stymied in America.
  — The Economist, 15 Feb. 2018
• But here the police had adopted the calm, slightly imperious demeanor of Nurse Ratched dealing with a mental patient.
  — Robert Moor, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026