prig

Example Sentences

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What if I sounded like a moralizing, self-righteous prig?

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2023

The Professor, Sonia’s father, is a selfish and pompous prig who hates Vanya as much as Vanya hates him.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2023

Are you as warmhearted as you say you are, or are you just a crusty old prig who wants to watch old empires while eating your chips and seven-bean dip?

From Washington Post • Mar. 27, 2023

Other additions to the story seem designed to make the male characters more odious — Uncle Matthew more of a violent ogre, Fanny’s husband, Alfred, more of a domineering prig.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2021

“Poor Bors. I hope he was not too much of a prig about it?”

From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White