social climber
Example Sentences
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A hilarious entourage attempts to fend off Théodore Pellerin’s awkward social climber with the year’s most perilous, pitfall-laden dialogue.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 10, 2026
Mr. Restall’s Columbus was a man on the make, a social climber who used his marriage in 1479 to Felipa Moniz, the daughter of a minor aristocrat, to further his standing.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 2, 2026
He is a vain social climber, easily fooled by his clever, beautiful young wife.
From Slate • May 4, 2023
To Gloria, Andy did not seem at all like a stereotypical Hill workaholic social climber.
From Washington Post • Nov. 27, 2021
Or was she an overly forward social climber?
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
