prig

Example Sentences

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What if I sounded like a moralizing, self-righteous prig?

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2023

The Professor, Sonia’s father, is a selfish and pompous prig who hates Vanya as much as Vanya hates him.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2023

Other additions to the story seem designed to make the male characters more odious — Uncle Matthew more of a violent ogre, Fanny’s husband, Alfred, more of a domineering prig.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2021

Miraculously, Austen is able to pull off such endings without coming across as a prig.

From Slate • May 11, 2016

“I had nae wish to kill! He was own cousin to the Orkneys! And think ye that the southron prig, him of the white shield, had before refused to ride with him!”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White