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
“Every time you came in, whether you were new or had been there for so long, there was never a stuck-up feeling like you don’t belong.”
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 21, 2022
She is notable for playing a stuck-up new friend of Dorothy’s in a third-season episode.
From Washington Times • Apr. 23, 2022
She is notable to for playing a stuck-up new friend of Dorothy’s in a third-season episode.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 23, 2022
“Nobody ever understands you, not with all your stuck-up words. Like, you just want to make everyone else feel stupid. You think you’re so smart.”
From "Because of Mr. Terupt" by Rob Buyea
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.