prig
Example Sentences
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The Professor, Sonia’s father, is a selfish and pompous prig who hates Vanya as much as Vanya hates him.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2023
Bill Clinton and his defenders were accusing an investigator of being a power-mad prig.
From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2017
He arrived as a scolding prig, criticizing Mr. Odenkirk’s Jimmy even as he relied on him for care.
From New York Times • Jun. 12, 2017
Kelly’s piece painted Clinton as a moralist, a meddler, a prig.
From Slate • Jul. 24, 2016
“Poor Bors. I hope he was not too much of a prig about it?”
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
Vocabulary lists containing prig
