poshness

Example Sentences

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The Grand Ferdinand in Vienna promotes poshness with its heated rooftop pool.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 29, 2023

Six million people had watched the “Absolutely Fabulous” star diffuse English poshness into the Arctic mists as she travelled northward through Norway.

From The New Yorker • Apr. 22, 2019

Referring to his wife, he added: “Also, Jackie has had to overcome her poshness and confront her gnomophobia.”

From New York Times • May 20, 2013

I will end by noting that accent is not just in the rise and fall – the poshness – of a voice.

From The Guardian • Apr. 20, 2013

Today, its red-brick row houses and elegant shops and restaurants rival the historic Back Bay for poshness.

From Time Magazine Archive