snob

Example Sentences

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He was derided as a snob when he suggested, in a few statements over the years, that he had to dumb down his work for uncultured audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Or be accused of being a film snob — I’ll skip a party in favor of a 35mm screening of a movie I’ve already seen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2025

As his luxury item, he selected a coffee machine, saying that he had become a "coffee snob" recently.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2024

So I've always been a little literary snob.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2024

She wasn’t a victim or a snob, a pageant queen or an athlete, a scholar or a saint or any of the other things I’d labeled her over the past few months.

From "Burning Blue" by Paul Griffin