stuck-up
Example Sentences
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She leaps on the wall dividing her home and that of her stuck-up neighbors, in heels no less.
From Salon • Feb. 4, 2026
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 • Jan. 14, 2024
Nobody liked Dr. Harmon much; she was the kind of stuck-up professional who looked down her nose at everyone.
From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 13, 2023
She is notable for playing a stuck-up new friend of Dorothy’s in a third-season episode.
From Washington Times • Apr. 23, 2022
Her father is thinking about taking a job in Dallas and she wouldn’t mind moving again, nope not one bit, because she’s heard kids in the South aren’t as stuck-up as they are here.
From "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson
