Mrs. Sherrard, in a plain black silk, but with a diamond comb in her white hair and a general air of superbness, was delighted to see Judith.
"Throckmorton"
Molly Elliot Seawell
Nevertheless it required the superbness of her beauty and the contrasting charm of her humble posture of kneeling by the fire, to set him on his right track of mind.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith
He, too, had realised that the test must be one of endurance, and in the superbness of his confidence he had determined not to play with preliminary half measures, but to apply at once the supreme test to himself and his antagonists.
"The Silent Places"
Steward Edward White