stuck-up

Example Sentences

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She had met many of Lord Fredrick’s powerful friends that night, and frankly she did not care for any of them; she found them stuck-up and rude.

From Literature

Neil’s father, who has health problems, assumes his son will join him in his painting business; Topher’s are conservative stuck-up pills who, like Amanda, have him slated for a career in finance.

From Los Angeles Times

“We all know there are no unmarried princesses left. Even if there were, I don’t want to marry anyone, let alone some stuck-up royal. I’m just fine where I am!”

From Literature

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

None of them seemed stuck-up, as far as Jackson could tell.

From Literature