It was presumably easier for them to behave with hauteur, not just because of the cash bonus and the generous pension they had been granted but because their eyes had not been physically mutilated when they were blinded. (bookbrowse.com)
Scott's hilariously hateful hauteur is able to counteract some falsely fuzzy notes in the ending. (rottentomatoes.com)
Swinton is on imperious form here, her natural hauteur only amplified by the alpha - female status of her character. (theguardian.com)