snobbery

Example Sentences

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"In darts, we've defeated the snobbery in sport," promoter Barry Hearn said in a recent interview with British newspaper The Times.

From Barron's • Dec. 30, 2025

Cazzu hails from the province of Jujuy, miles away from the musical snobbery that plagues much of Buenos Aires, and her genuine investment in a pan-Latino idiom is contagious.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 16, 2025

Out of context, that quote may lend weight to the strain of snobbery that wrote off “Blood and Sand” before the plot found its footing, which it did after its introductory episodes.

From Salon • Dec. 7, 2025

Eliot got it from the start, but in Woolf’s case bafflement joined forces with snobbery.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 14, 2025

I could see she despised me, marking with all the snobbery of her class that I was no great lady, that I was humble, shy and diffident.

From "Rebecca" by Daphne du Maurier