prig

Example Sentences

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What if I sounded like a moralizing, self-righteous prig?

From Salon • Dec. 30, 2023

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

Other additions to the story seem designed to make the male characters more odious — Uncle Matthew more of a violent ogre, Fanny’s husband, Alfred, more of a domineering prig.

From New York Times • Jul. 29, 2021

Of course, when regarded as a 20-something prig squatting rent-free on Ralph Waldo Emerson’s land, Thoreau sounds like the dude you’d least like to be quarantined with.

From Washington Post • Apr. 6, 2020

The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald