stuck-up

Example Sentences

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Of course, if I’d grown up the commander’s daughter, I might be a stuck-up brat too.

From Literature

She leaps on the wall dividing her home and that of her stuck-up neighbors, in heels no less.

From Salon

The dog also doesn’t look like a regular pet or anything—no collar, and it has a kind of pointy snout and stuck-up ears, like a giant fox-wolf.

From Literature

She had met many of Lord Fredrick’s powerful friends that night, and frankly she did not care for any of them; she found them stuck-up and rude.

From Literature

Neil’s father, who has health problems, assumes his son will join him in his painting business; Topher’s are conservative stuck-up pills who, like Amanda, have him slated for a career in finance.

From Los Angeles Times