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
In “Palm Royale,” which premiered on March 20, Wiig stars as Maxine, a frenzied social climber in 1960s Palm Beach.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024
He is a vain social climber, easily fooled by his clever, beautiful young wife.
From Slate • May 4, 2023
As Joanne Kaufman reported in the Wall Street journal, Ms. Pittman was known in certain elevated circles more as a social climber than mountain climber.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
