high-brow

Example Sentences

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Then, finally, the truth about the fact is revealed, with Wiles sharing that her neighbors were of a more high-brow Hollywood class, sharing an image of Craig and Weisz with the hashtag #holyairball.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

This “Frasier” stars Grammer in the title role of the high-brow psychiatrist, as he moves back to Boston.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 9, 2023

Interest in "I Think You Should Leave" is not a question of high-brow versus low-brow humor, per se.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2023

The paper has gone high-brow with its speculation over gameplans for the last eight, paraphrasing an 18th Century military quote - changing "Englishmen, you shoot first" to "Englishmen, you defend first".

From BBC • Dec. 5, 2022

We are humble before the "high-brow," merry in the presence of the dimpled, cautious and prudent before him of the shifting eye.

From Vocational Psychology: Its Problems and Methods by Hollingworth, Harry L.