parvenue

Example Sentences

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On the other, Kim got away lightly in the parvenue stakes.

From The Guardian • Oct. 6, 2016

Normcore loathes the flashy, the parvenue, the nouveau riche, and everything else we hold dear.

From Slate • Apr. 8, 2014

Velvet sleeves concealing jewel-encrusted daggers, scheming eunuchs with networks of spies, parvenue commoners outwitting the supercilious aristos and totally, utterly ruthless power plays — what’s not to love?

From Salon • Jun. 4, 2012

The resignation of the charismatic and experienced politician leaves The Left, a hugely successful parvenue among German political parties, with a leadership vacuum.

From New York Times • Jan. 25, 2010

From the Comte de Paris 18 septembre.—Je m'empresse de vous remercier de votre lettre du 15, qui m'est parvenue hier.

From Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C.B., D.C.L. In Two Volumes. Volume II. by Laughton, John Knox