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

I feel a bit like a stiff old prig myself even bringing this all up, but there’s one more thing that bugged me, which is how many times the word rake or rakish was used.

From Slate • Feb. 7, 2021

But the benevolent smile lurking under the pre-World War I mustache is deceiving: The man is a sanctimonious prig who siphons all the fun out of life.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2019

Bill Clinton and his defenders were accusing an investigator of being a power-mad prig.

From Washington Post • Dec. 18, 2017

The transition from libertine to prig was so complete.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald