snob

Example Sentences

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Woolf was a snob, but she was hardly unique in her condescension.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 7, 2025

I may get called a food snob on occasion, but that intended insult does not sting.

From Salon • Feb. 27, 2025

"Amanda's an awful woman, of course," he said, "a backstabbing snob who treats her children as accessories and turns every encounter with her 'mum chums' at the school gates into a blood sport."

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

But he’s not a snob, telling Stephen Colbert that he has “no guilt” about being a fan of the “Fast and Furious” franchise.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2024

“How does that make me a snob? You can’t force friendship. We just don’t have a lot in common.”

From "If I Stay" by Gayle Forman