uppity

Example Sentences

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There's also the politics: drivers are a loud, powerful voting bloc, and they "get uppity" when they see parking space taken away, he says.

From BBC • Feb. 25, 2026

Like that comedy series, the film breaks the fourth wall by having its protagonist, Anne Elliot, the daughter of an uppity aristocrat, share witty commentary on the story’s happenings directly to the audience.

From Washington Post • Jul. 16, 2022

Second, play the adjoining 10-hole course, which isn’t as uppity as its country-club name — the Lakes at El Segundo — makes it sound.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 21, 2022

Others think he’s too uppity, so he is let go.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022

All these people, so uppity and polite, can’t manage to get that little word out, or at least can’t make me believe they really mean it.

From "X: A Novel" by Ilyasah Shabazz