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
“That’s how I went up to my hoity-toity apartment before closing.”
From New York Times • Feb. 3, 2021
It’s more about the hoity-toity than the hoi polloi in “Belgravia,” a new drama set in 19th century London and created by “Downton Abbey’s” Julian Fellowes.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2020
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
And, “Always crowing about their kid with the straight A’s at that hoity-toity school. Well, they’re not crowing now.”
From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides
