arriviste

Example Sentences

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Reports of hives bedeviled by the arrivistes mounted.

From New York Times

George and Ruth are the sophisticated, wealthy ones; Clay and Amanda are the middle-class arrivistes.

From Los Angeles Times

In the eyes of English or Spanish or Italian fans, it was created to stop arriviste wealth from distorting the sport’s economics.

From New York Times

That was so long ago that Kwan’s funniest Hong Kong arriviste, Eddie Chen, could use Astor, Trump and Vanderbilt as the names of his dogs.

From New York Times

Similarly, in Our Mutual Friend there’s lacerating satire of the nouveau-riche Veneerings and their aristocratic and arriviste hangers-on.

From The Guardian