bougie

Example Sentences

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The $500,000 family in the New York Times piece is bougie but not entirely out of touch.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 18, 2026

Jeannine Souza, a self-described bougie traveler, used to avoid Spirit because of its no-frills reputation.

From MarketWatch • May 6, 2026

"And all the whilst he was doing this, he was going on like really crazy bougie holidays and spending crazy amounts of money that probably wasn't his."

From BBC • Nov. 23, 2025

Elly Amai and Erewhon told TODAY.com that the bougie berry is so expensive because it’s grown in Tochigi Prefecture, which is known as the “Strawberry Kingdom.”

From Salon • Mar. 4, 2025

It felt a little bougie, the kind of thing that would elicit a skeptical side eye from my South Side relatives.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama