prig

Example Sentences

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Are you as warmhearted as you say you are, or are you just a crusty old prig who wants to watch old empires while eating your chips and seven-bean dip?

From Washington Post

If I contested those claims, though, I was told by friends and family that I was a politically correct prig who couldn’t bear to listen to ideas that offended me.

From Washington Post

They will already have concluded that you are a prig and a snob, but that may be the cost of looking better than they do.

From Washington Post

Throwing the merchants out of the temple was the work of a prig.

From The Guardian

It's absolutely worth the grief you'll get from the prigs who don't think pineapple belongs on a pizza.

From Salon