nose in the air
Example Sentences
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I used to be one of those who’d put her nose in the air at the idea of making a soup whose main ingredient comes with a “ham flavor” packet.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 16, 2022
In the video, Opal sticks her nose in the air and begins to wag her tail as Forrest gets out of his truck.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 30, 2019
Preening, flexing his muscles and hoisting his nose in the air, he is an Olivier of overacting.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 7, 2017
Amid all this, “distraction” serves, increasingly, as a way to brush off inconvenient criticism and disagreement and ride indignantly into the sunset on a moral high horse, nose in the air, toward what really matters.
From New York Times ● Sep. 26, 2017
“Yeah, turned her nose in the air and pretended like he wasn’t even there. He was quite insulted, but I was enchanted.”
From "Finding Junie Kim" by Ellen Oh
