parvenu

Example Sentences

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The tendrils of Rangnick’s influence spread far beyond the parvenu clubs — Hoffenheim, Red Bull Salzburg, RB Leipzig — that he has turned into mainstays of either the Bundesliga or the Champions League.

From New York Times

PGA Tour ranges are littered with teams of agents, instructors, lackeys and general parvenus.

From Golf Digest

Mario was extraordinarily kind to me when I began writing and performing satirical songs in the late ’80s that cheekily skewered some of the wealthy Park Avenue parvenus who happened to be his clients.

From New York Times

It does not have one of the strongest leagues in the world, one in which most clubs rely on selling young players, for a premium, to the aristocrats and parvenus of England and Spain.

From New York Times

The first great misfortune that befell the U.S. and its allies came in November of 2016, when this small-minded parvenu was elected President.

From The New Yorker