parvenue
Example Sentences
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On the other, Kim got away lightly in the parvenue stakes.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 6, 2016
Normcore loathes the flashy, the parvenue, the nouveau riche, and everything else we hold dear.
From Slate ● Apr. 8, 2014
Velvet sleeves concealing jewel-encrusted daggers, scheming eunuchs with networks of spies, parvenue commoners outwitting the supercilious aristos and totally, utterly ruthless power plays — what’s not to love?
From Salon ● Jun. 4, 2012
The resignation of the charismatic and experienced politician leaves The Left, a hugely successful parvenue among German political parties, with a leadership vacuum.
From New York Times ● Jan. 25, 2010
The girl showed great powers of duplicity, all the trickiness of a parvenue, to be quite frank.
From Clark's Field by Robert Herrick
