stuck-up

Example Sentences

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

From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026

The moral of every high school movie is basically the same: don’t judge a person by her appearance, and don’t be a stuck-up snob or something terrible might happen to you.

From New York Times • Jan. 14, 2024

Nobody liked Dr. Harmon much; she was the kind of stuck-up professional who looked down her nose at everyone.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2023

She is notable for playing a stuck-up new friend of Dorothy’s in a third-season episode.

From Washington Times • Apr. 23, 2022

Some people who didn’t really know him thought Gregor was stuck-up, but he was mostly just private.

From "Gregor the Overlander" by Suzanne Collins