snob

Example Sentences

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He was derided as a snob when he suggested, in a few statements over the years, that he had to dumb down his work for uncultured audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Or be accused of being a film snob — I’ll skip a party in favor of a 35mm screening of a movie I’ve already seen.

From Los Angeles Times • May 16, 2025

"Amanda's an awful woman, of course," he said, "a backstabbing snob who treats her children as accessories and turns every encounter with her 'mum chums' at the school gates into a blood sport."

From BBC • Feb. 6, 2025

So I've always been a little literary snob.

From Salon • Jul. 13, 2024

“Then what are you, a snob or something?”

From "Go Set a Watchman: A Novel" by Harper Lee