prissy

Example Sentences

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UIC’s prissy bullies, like fanatics generally, have no sense of irony.

From Washington Post • Feb. 11, 2022

Acknowledging this by seeking better language is a basic effort to be polite, not prissy.

From Scientific American • Feb. 20, 2021

In the novel, John is prissy and deeply neurotic, anti-sex and anti-fun.

From New York Times • Jul. 13, 2020

I joined Blue Peter when I was 28, so I wasn’t going to be living a nun-like existence, but the first responsibility was always – it sounds so prissy – to the viewer.

From The Guardian • Oct. 19, 2019

Her sister’s hair was still up in its usual prissy bun, but Molly could see the monster, just beneath that thin mask of humanity they both wore.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny