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Definition
expecting obedience; or arrogant; or domineering
- Even now they resist affinity like cats in a bag: two blondes—the one short and fierce, the other tall and imperious—flanked by matched brunettes like bookends, the forward twin leading hungrily while the rear one sweeps the ground in a rhythmic limp.Book 1 — Genesis (1% in)
- Serious delirious imperious weary us deleterious ways.Book 3 — Judges (20% in)
- My habit is to drag myself imperiously through a world that owes me unpayable debts.Book 5 — Exodus (22% in)
There are no more uses of "imperious" in The Poisonwood Bible.
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