snobbish

Example Sentences

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The snobbish sommelier is a relic from the past—a figure from a less-enlightened time in wine.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

They had feared he might be some snobbish yachtie or posing Instagrammer, who would make sure they knew who was boss.

From BBC • Sep. 29, 2024

Perched between the “Shōgun” pair is Nathan Lane, who portrays the snobbish arbiter of who and what are considered elite in the glitzy “The Gilded Age.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 1, 2024

But there are at least a dozen good zingers in here, particularly a three-part punchline from Alex Woods as a snobbish food critic that kicks off with, “Have you ever seen an emaciated dolphin?”

From New York Times • Mar. 14, 2024

“Yeah. Buellton and Brownley, really, but what kind of names are those for knuckleheads like them? Mom was going through some snobbish upper-class phase with husband number one.”

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix