Example Sentences:

Ramayana: Ravana bragged about his wealth and prowess to Sita with a hauteur of a man who never expected any woman to ever say no to him.

Mahabharata: Given the hauteur with which Duryodhana had treated the servants of Yudhisthira in the palace of illusions, the maya-sabha, those servants enjoyed Duryodhana’s slipping into a pond and getting soaked thoroughly – pride had indeed come before a fall.

Bhagavad-gita: Hauteur is typical of the ungodly, humility is typical of the godly.

Bhagavatam: Although Krishna had just defeated the undefeatable Kamsa, the Yadus were pleased to see that there was no hauteur in the manner with which Krishna spoke with all of them.