hoity-toity

Example Sentences

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I don't have a lot of patience for a lot of the hoity-toity fine dining stuff.

From Salon • Jul. 18, 2020

Shiny, expensive, hoity-toity: these are three of many synonyms I heard from Angelenos describing Santa Barbara, the beach town that has long had a reputation as a weekend escape for Los Angeles’s elite.

From New York Times • Dec. 24, 2019

Trendy South Lake Union versions be damned: Das Wagon’s very, very spicy version of the Seattle Dog isn’t any kind of hoity-toity “elevation” of the stadium-food favorite.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2019

Twyla Tharp is the most celebrated American choreographer working today, but that doesn’t mean she’s hoity-toity.

From Slate • Oct. 26, 2017

I thought I’d see her during the summers, but she spent them on the East Coast as a junior counselor at some hoity-toity camp.

From "The Miseducation of Cameron Post" by emily m. danforth