ritzy

Example Sentences

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The public had also bid $15,000 on the olive-green painted wood front gates to the only home Monroe ever owned in the ritzy Brentwood neighbourhood.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Married to prominent medical malpractice attorney Daniel Broderick, she maintained a position of influence and popularity in the ritzy La Jolla community where the couple raised their four children.

From Los Angeles Times • May 9, 2026

At the annual meeting of San Francisco’s ritzy Marina neighborhood last fall, residents buzzed about the hottest property in their nook of the city: a giant, aging Safeway grocery store.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 18, 2026

On Victoria Island, a ritzy neighbourhood where Lagos's old money mixes with new, the party was getting under way at Mr. Panther, a lounge six floors up from the streets below.

From Barron's • Dec. 22, 2025

And it also sounded ritzy to say, “My husband, Mr. Johnson, the naval dietician, went over to Mexico to buy some things for our dinner.”

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou