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

The critique felt not just snobbish, but oddly incurious, a misreading of cakes that are, at heart, celebrations of joy.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2025

Its only real anachronisms, to today’s eyes, are Maria’s snobbish swipe at TV writers and the $1,500/month rent on her house in Beverly Hills.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 8, 2024

Film critic Siobhan Synnot called Margolyes's comments "snobbish", adding: "Classic children's films may speak to adults too, it's about ambition, sophistication and quality, not age range".

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2024

Consequently we were not royal but snobbish, not aristocratic but class-conscious; we believed authority was cruelty to our inferiors, and education was being at school.

From "The Bluest Eye" by Toni Morrison