snobby
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Look over here, you snobby basketball and soccer elitists!
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
And I thought it was nice to see a character that had a bit more nuance than just being rude and snobby and superior.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 12, 2025
It’s easy to blame this lack of welcome on exclusionary, or perhaps just plain snobby, elites.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2025
Scottish Secretary Ian Murray has described City of Edinburgh Council as "snobby" after remarks about Oasis fans ahead of the band's Murrayfield shows.
From BBC ● Aug. 7, 2025
I even screwed up my face and flounced my hands about, as if imitating her snobby behavior.
From "The Marrow Thieves" by Cherie Dimaline
The details were precise because St. Aubyn actually had the British upper-class background that, as Clive James noted, the snobbier Evelyn Waugh longed for.
From New York Times ● May 31, 2021
Isn’t it snobbier, really, to expect us to stick to a pre-approved checklist of Oscar hopefuls?
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2019
If he were plain Mr Philip Windsor, he would be seen as a tiresome old toff, with some drearily old-fashioned prejudices: an older, snobbier version of Nigel Farage but without the roguish charm.
From The Guardian ● May 4, 2017
Lanyard Envy has been surpassed by Clearance Envy, a far snobbier Freudian affliction.
From Washington Post
Winchester Model 12 It is well known among the snobbier of shotgun enthusiasts that no repeating shotgun can handle as well as an over/under or a side-by-side.
From Time Magazine Archive
A feat even the snobbiest mixologist at a high end cocktail bar would brag about.
From Salon ● Aug. 24, 2021
Dad hats are a go-to fashion accessory for even the snobbiest among us.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2021
Chelsea showcased their new home kit towards the end of last season, and as far as press releases go, theirs might be the snobbiest.
From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2020
I was disappointed to learn that you have ranked Washington, D.C., as the second snobbiest city in America, behind only San Francisco.
From Washington Post
“By the way, girls, the year is practically over, and our president still goes on her way serenely, and the very snobbiest girls in the class adore her.”
From Dolly's College Experiences by Jones, Mabel Cronise
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