| In the past, Percy served as comic relief, a stuffed shirt whose obsequiousness toward authority figures was matched only by his imperiousness toward younger students. |
| By the imperiousness of her gesture and her uplifted head she swept them out before her. |
| And her eyes searched his with a certain boldness and imperiousness of gaze. |
| I may, perhaps, be producing an unfair impression of imperiousness and insolence. |
| There was an imperiousness in the lawyer's tone which was almost irresistible. |
| But that sense of imperiousness was quickly dispelled by the enchantment of her presence. |
