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

The wealthiest and most international city in America, its grand mansions and comfortable houses would obviously be useful as a base for an invading army that was just beginning a campaign against uppity colonials.

From Washington Post • Mar. 15, 2023

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

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022

There were no aristocrats telling the workers they were acting uppity, Davalos said, and the working class could now afford the celebrations.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 22, 2019

He didn’t like people who were uppity and had mixed feelings about home ownership in general.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama