highbrow
Example Sentences
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“I think my taste in general lives at the nexus of a highbrow, lowbrow intersection,” Meyer says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Besides the city's highbrow cultural offerings, its status as a centre of congress and diplomacy also helps attract a wealthy and worldly clientele.
From Barron's ● Jul. 10, 2026
He writes of how this generation “found joy in music that was … portrayed as improper and immoral by highbrow elites.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 4, 2026
Anyway, the part of his diatribe about congested urban areas and highbrow people is why I cited that quote, because it is an unobstructed view into his mindset.
From Salon ● Mar. 23, 2026
She closed her eyes and soaked it in the way you imagine people at a fancy orchestra concert drinking up highbrow music.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
