snobbery

Example Sentences

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When asked about why there still appears to be a stigma attached to using dating shows as a career launchpad, she says "there will always be a snobbery around reality TV, especially dating shows".

From BBC • Feb. 28, 2026

Bertrand Degat, vineyard manager for French zero-alcohol wine producer French Bloom, winces visibly when recalling some of the criticism and snobbery he has encountered from his contemporaries.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

Out of context, that quote may lend weight to the strain of snobbery that wrote off “Blood and Sand” before the plot found its footing, which it did after its introductory episodes.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

But it’s not snobbery that has kept me away.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 18, 2025

I could see she despised me, marking with all the snobbery of her class that I was no great lady, that I was humble, shy and diffident.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier