overproud

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Examples

• They say he wrought you ill, and was cruel when he should have been gentle with you, and was overproud of his office.

• Perhaps they were overproud and reserved, for they held themselves aloof from those about them.

• Item: Two bright eyes, a trifle overproud and willful, perhaps, but candid and full of laughter.

• May God prevent strife at home, but there be overproud hearts and over-cunning heads in this good land of ours.

• And if he was a bit overproud—it was only because those about him were overproud and foolish.