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Don't Worry Darling "superciliously pinches ideas from other films without quite understanding how and why they worked in the first place", he said.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2022

His cohort includes the Beavers brothers, who've accrued wealth and power both, and Sheriff Rutherford Rutherford, a small and vile man who carries a superciliously long gun.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 10, 2015

In the text, Rajoy encouraged him to “Hang in there,” adding, somewhat superciliously, that “Spain is not Uganda.”

From Newsweek • Jun. 18, 2012

Its elegant double-height parlor is lined in dark wood and accessorized with cashmere sweaters and large-game trophies that peer down superciliously from their mountings.

From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2011

“I am sure it’s not,” said he, superciliously over his shoulder; “I don’t think anything about it.”

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens