prig

Example Sentences

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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

Of course, when regarded as a 20-something prig squatting rent-free on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s land, Thoreau sounds like the dude you’d least like to be quarantined with.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2020

Strongest of all is Harry’s mother, Robina, a thorough prig and a fan of the British fascist Oswald Mosley, who begins to soften when she suddenly has to take care of Kasia’s young refugee brother.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2020

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

From Slate • May 11, 2016

The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald