"The noise did not come from our party," said Groag, sounding typically haughty.

However Jackson meant it, it came out sounding haughty.

The Chinese women sounded almost haughty after the race.

"I don't want to say exclusive because that sounds too haughty," she added.

I really don't want to sound haughty but all three parties are weak on economics but the average voter doesn't seem to notice.

Rosenhaus tried not to sound quite so haughty, but he still felt foolish after his previous blunder.

I heard myself say in a voice which sounded haughty but this of course was due to nervousness: "What does she want?"

She knew her voice sounded haughty and her chin had risen.

Martinez considers himself a humble, blue-collar player who rarely brags, and he obviously did not want to sound haughty.

Today, such a notion of good government sounds haughty and simplistic.