hoity-toity
Example Sentences
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"I thought it important that we didn't issue a kind of hoity-toity response to Chalamet," Beard said.
From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026
“All my life, I have been driven by one dream, one goal, one vision,” Chavez told the hoity-toity crowd.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 30, 2024
They don’t appreciate the hoity-toity who look down on everyone else.
From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2023
“That’s how I went up to my hoity-toity apartment before closing.”
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2021
She wondered if he was talking about publication order or chronological order, but asking seemed a bit too hoity-toity.
From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson
